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Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y. CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, — Grand Rapids ( Oe, Room Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg. HENRY IDEMA, Supt. , WEDNESDAY, HIS CALL. A Story of New Year’s Day. How merry New Year’s Day used to be in the long ago, when every one kept open house from early morning until midnight; when your acquaintances came down upon you in armies, on foot or in sleighs, if there happened to be snow on the ground; when been any one you had ever introduced to might call on you; when old beaux reappeared and recreant friends had only to smile and hold outa hand to be forgiven; when the received the gentlemen in full something very like it, at when your butcher, and baker and ecan- dlestick-maker might drop in with no other claim on your hospitality than the fact that you dealt with them—when, in fact, every man you knew was ladies dress, or high noon; sure to -all. Tired? Oh, yes, every one was tired; but she who could exhibit two hundred cards — the gentlemen always brought their cards—was very happy. How well Il remember dressing in my first long dress, and sailing up and down before the glass to make sure that the train swept gracefully behind me. Ned Palmer had said he would be sure to eall on me, and I was as happy as a girl can be. He did come, of course, and he whispered sweet words in my ear as he ate the sweet cake he was young enough to enjoy. He staid full fifteen minutes —an unprecedented length for a New- Year call—and the rest of the day I was happy in consequence; though, for the matter of that, | was always happy in those days. Looking back, I fancy that the skies were bluer and the grass greener when I was sixteen; that the moon oftener shone, and that no one had so little trouble; but I suppose that is all fancy, and it was only that I saw the world through rose-colored glasses, as most people do in their teens—and, then, there is nothing that can ever come to one in this wicked world half so delightful as being aspretty young girl with a hand- some young lover who believes you the only perfect thing in the world. Talk of wealth and fame and honors and dig- nities, and all those things that usually come with gray hairs and crow’s feet. Bah! I snap my fingers at them! One kiss, such as one-and-twenty gives to sixteen, is worth them all; and a queen in her power and pride might envy a peasant girl walking through the clover with an arm about her waist and a whisper in her ear. After all, began for me, except that Ned and I loved each other; that he put a ring up- on my finger, and that we vowed to be true to each forever and never to change—never, never, never, while we lived! We were quite sure we would die on the same day, and in heaven we would go about hand in hand, ing to the musie and the voices of angels crying forever: ‘‘Love! Love! Love!’’ other forever; We were so sure of everything—he and I; happy youth always is. Another New Year’s Day, and our wedding was close DECEMBER 30, 1891. there is | not much to tell of that joyous time that | listen- | MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. “NO. 432 at hand; other and we were as fond of each as ever. ButI think we were too happy. I fancy Satan begrudged us per- fect and sinless bliss; for that very day a word was said, athing done—it does not matter what—a trifle, a nothing; and yet it grew to a great thing in my mind and his. We had a quarrel it seemed. I wept; he was like ice in his great dignity. And some one who wished to part us took advantage of the fact, Ah! how could any , alovers’ tiff, one wish to make two young souls suffer so? And at that time there was trouble in the land. “In sixty-one the war bes gun; the war was o’er, in sixty-four says the rude rhyme that keeps the time in mind. There was a chance for any one who was in despair to fling his life away. I said the bitter word he could not bear. I took his ring from my finger and tossed it tohim as though it were a thing that had no value in my eyes; and he left me in wrath. The next day they told me he had enlisted, and I heard them speak of his patriotism as great, and praise him for casting away prospects such as for the sake of his country. But I knew that patriotism did not move him; that he would never have left me for the sake of any other thing, and that he had simply gone to seek death because he believed that I no longer loved him. But Idid! And— “To be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness on the brain.” Well, I was not the only unhappy one in my little world. Women wept as they never wept before in those four years, all over the country, from Maine to Cali- fornia. The boys in blue and the boys in gray alike were loved and grieved for. Widows there were and orphans every- where, and girls whose might never return to them. Can all the good that any war can do atone for all the misery it causes? Oh, for the time when there shall be no battles fought—no lives sacrificed either to kings or causes! It will come, for mind is at the helm every- where, and the days of gunpowder are fast following the days of the sword out of existence. But, alas! alas! for the woe that I remember, the f that turned pale and grew old before their time, the mourning throughout our land! Even that was At last peace reigned again. Once more a New Year’s Day came on which thoughts of festivity seemed in place, and I said to my sister, | with whom I lived: ‘‘New Year’s Day again, my dear. Only one must send cards now, they say, or no one will eall.’’ “Yes, it is formal,” my sister said, ‘‘Butif you will go out to order the cards this morning, there may be time to send them yet.” And I went cheerfully. And why was iL so anxious to keep New Year’s Day, youask? Was my grief quite over? Oh, my dear, it was only part of the old story—the old, old tale, that will be told |} over and over again until the world is blotted out and there are no young hearts to beat and no old ones to break. his lovers faces over. more 1 ai nit PRR bai THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Ned Palmer had re- Palmer now— we sent him ecards I had heard that turned—he was Colonel and I believed that if he might understand with what feelings We were, perhaps, return to me. We more sensible. Everything might be ex- If I could so that I could that still any pride about it. The 1 enclosed mine, and were young yet. plained. but lure him back, look into his eyes, I felt that 1 had no longer sure he could read in mine was true tohim. I watching and hoping and fearing of the war days had broken it quite down. If he would re- turn to asked Heaven; and, | was sure else of And what pleasure it was to make the cake, nothing me, I he would. hoping he would taste it; to remember that of all the pretty things the would look upon. he was fond of chocolate; to think that went to the table as things that he And New Year’s Day matter dressing of or not, and no how many there were there, I would get him away to aud let him ask my that, i Just about mine some quiet corner, forgiveness: vr, if it came to his. Oh, my darling! fold itself would ask to feel his hand again! Just to look into those eyes— those great, beautiful eyes, that could have told a love story without words. And some day—oh, some day!—he would kiss me again asin the days when we were first betrothed. Oh, he would come, he would surely come, for my heart told his still throbbed distance and me that for me, that absence and even the be- lief that | was false to him had never changed him. Yes, he wouid come, for now he had my card. On New Year morn I looked in my glass, hoping that those four years had not altered me much, or, if they had, only in a way that would tell bim I had him. He that in my face than not, and my dress grieved for would rather see became ab, well, it all right; and the ring and the door to open and the rooms to All, I looking me, and would be when bell began to all, gave smiling greetings to I the while for him. He would not be amongst the earliest comers, of course. he never had been. It was not quite elegant, and he was always ele- gant. And so, when noon-time came, | said of course the afternoon would bring him, and stole afew moments to make cilia dsaeblidaeheetgaiti myself fresher and to add some trifle to | my dress. Still the came: the words of guests greeting and ad eu were spoken. Boys with bright faces rushed in and out again. Middle-aged men bowed for a moment and were gone; elderly men, prone to linger a little about the grate, stayed longer. It was adry, bright day without a cloud in the sky; the voices in the street sounded clear and erisp: fresh sweet air came in at the door with every new caller and was far from unpleasant. The crowd the still Colonel Palmer did and I said to myself that I until increased in afternoon, but not would not expect him evening. He would come in the evening, because it would be more natural and easy to have our talk. He would desire that as much as | possi- bly could. 1 felt his heart calling to me. Oh, I was sure that in spirit he was with had the fancy that that the old days. While he would bend his that 1 should me—we had eould be in from mind on think him something and will of it also, and I always did. Now his heart was calling to mine, calling, call- ing. I knew theold feeling well. At every moment | turned, expecting to see him enter the door, but he did not come. No, no, he did not come after all. At midnight, a prosy old man, who had tasted too much wine and was bewildered by it, maundered on about a thousand things, while my sister went to sleep be- hind her fan, and I “Ves”’ and ‘Certainly’? at intervals, and at last even he took his departure, and 1 felt that the the hope over. He said dream was done, not come, he would never And cable feeling mean? would come again. yet, what did this inexpli- “Go up to your children, dear,”’ I said to my sister. ‘lll see to everything.” **Oh, thank was so tired. you,” she replied. ‘1 That frightful Mr. Potter—how he prosed—good night!’ She made her way sleepily upstairs, never and | flung myself into a chair and wept. ‘Never again, never again!’ I sobbed. Then |] thought I heard a sigh, and looked up. The door into the hall, which I had closed, was opening slowly, inch Some one seemed to be outside, afraid to enter. 1 watched the by inch. who was aperture increase in size, and now | saw the figure of a man standing in more and | and shadow; a moment wore a uniform: the next Coionel Palmer. He was paler graver than of yore, but he smiled as he Now all day long k had thought that when he came | should greet him warmly, showing all my feel- came toward me. ;ings in my manner, but now that he was there I could not rise or even speak. I stone. | could only look at him while my heart after the other—throbs that | seemed to hear; and seemed turned to a woman of gave slow, heavy throbs, one lstreteh my come, away | and | he came on slowly. He seemed to me to be weak and ill, searcely strong enough to stand—and still | could not speak to him. He came lips parted; and now | thought that his emo- him. I elose, eloser; his longed to him, to ¢ry: to me for { love you more than But I could not lift them. ‘*What must he think of me?’’? lL asked myself. 1 could only hope that he understood tion overpowered arms toward “Come ever!”’ that it was excess of feeling, not lack of it, that held me powerless. He came closer, as though he did. He bent over me— “Your said, faintly. “1 received it, and knew that you forgave— And suddenly my strength returned to card—” he me. “Oh, it is you who must forgive!” 1 cried. And would have thrown my arms about his neck, but though 1 saw him still l felt nothing. 1 grasped the empty air. “In heaven,” and solving view, and I was alone. I rushed to therzdoor and into the hall. The outer entrance was locked and bolt- ed, as the servant always left it at night. I rushed upstairs, and 1 sobbed at my sister’s door. I heard a voice whisper, his face faded as one does in a dis- ‘Come to me, Angie—come to me!’’ And she came. ‘*Ned here just now,” | said. ‘“‘Where has he gone; he seemed to melt was 9” into air, where is he—what is he? ‘You have been locked ‘“*Hush!” said Angie. The has for more than half an hour.” dreaming. door been we ‘He came!’ [ moaned. ‘‘He came!” They put me to bed. 1 remember wak- ing from one troubled dream only to fall into another, all night. Butl was able to rise in the morning and go to the late breakfast. Letters lay had was in Europe, beside every plate. from My her husband, who rejoiced sister one and over it. the | Meanwhile I opened one wuich bore a saw it! I knew} black seal and had did not comprehend. some- thing folded in paper in the envelope. My heart told me what it was; but I did not touch it. I was reading this: upon ita stamp I There was “Dear Lapy—A sad duty has become mine. A friend, to whom you sent a New Year card, died in my arms last night. It was Colonel Edward Palmer, of the —th Infantry Regiment, Michigan Volunteers. He died of wounds re- ceived in battle. He was very brave, and much beloved by all who knew him. When he received your ecard he smiled and kissed it. He could not move from his pillow. But a little later he wan- dered, and said often: ‘I must call. She will expect me.’ He died at midnight; and before he passed away, drew this ring from his finger, pointed to your ecard, and said: ‘Send it to her.’ Then he took the eard and laid it on his heart. It lies there now, with his hands folded over it. But let me not forget that he spoke once again, saying: ‘In heaven.’ And if these tidings bring you woe, dear lady, as I fear they must, remember those two words, the last he uttered: ‘in heaven.’ There all tears will be wiped away. We have His promise to whom only we can turn for comfort in such moments. **] pray for you. ANN CRAWFORD. “In Religion—S1sTER FRANCIS. ‘*___ HJospital,”’ 1 unfolded. the paper that lay beside me, and found within my betrothal ring, and put it finger. It shall never leave it. They tell me that I only dreamed a dream upon that New Year night so long ago! I let them say what they please. Does it matter when I know that he came, and that I shall meet him in heaven? Mary KYLE DALLAS. _ -_— 2? —_ “en The Coming Strong Man. From the Popular Science Monthly. The times are favorable, we think, for the presentation of new political ideals. Strong men of the old type, iron handed warriors and stern legislators, are out of date. On the other hand, the want of firmness and principle in connection with political affairs was never more con- spicuous. We want a newrace of strong men, in whom the gamester element shall be wholly absent, and who shall aim to accomplish their ends not by personal tour de force, nor yet by craft and flat- tery, but by steady adherence to princi- ple and patient efforts to awaken the pub- lic to a sense of their true interests. The st ong man of the future will be strong in knowledge and in social sym- pathy, and his strength will be spent, not in efforts to perpetuate his personal ascendency, but in efforts to develop all that is best in the society of the time. The true strong man, as we conceive him, will have no greed for power; his greed, if such it may be called, will be for usefulness, and he will show his strength by his willingness to retire at any moment from a public toa private position rather than prove unfaithful to his convictions, or do anything unworthy of a man of honor. Strictly speaking, a man who with adequate knowledge and_ intelligence tries faithfully to serve the public can never be obscure, though offices should not seek him nor caucuses make mention of his name. The publie at large will recognize and honor his efforts, and his upon my believe ; influence will be greater in a private station than that of a score of average legislators. 2 ae Utica—Geo. E. Bannister, of the fur niture and undertaking firm of Bannister & Harris, is dead. A HAPPY NEW FE TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS. The Only Reliable COMPRESSED “YEAST! YEAR MENTUM, L. WINTERNITZ, State Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. John Van Osenbruggen, Otto Klein, Benj. Kievit, City Salesmen. - paritind een pees ate ae ras Sinatit= SE EGhteneecneritie Mend SS an sett asa ed Pegi sa ain TALKS WITH A LAWYER. OHIO VS. INDIANA. Written for THE TRADESMAN. TT | | | We hear recently from the newspapers | of a discovery having been made that the boundary line as now established be- tween the States of Ohio and not a eorrect one—that the latter has within her accepted territory a tion of the fair State. Some have asked, how is this to be rem- edied? Without attempting to answer this question definitely, | wish to refer to eases arising at the threshold of life as a nation, the soil of her sister may be interesting and instructive. In the days of the Continental Congress, many were the disputes that arose be- tween States territory and bound- aries, and between individuals as to claiming lands under grants from different States. those between Pennsylvania and Connecticut ; Pennsylvania and Virginia; New Jersey and Virginia; Massachusetts and New York; South Carolina and Georgia; New Hampshire, Vermont, New York Massachusetts. The Articles of Confederation provided that the United states in sembled the appeal in all disputes then subsisting, or arise thereafter, States concerning boundary, jurisdiction or any cause whatsoever. A mode of ing a court for the trial of versies was specifically prescribed. This was adopted in 1777. The first contro- versy arising was that between Pennsyl- vania and Connecticut over the fair and fertile Wyoming—a territory of five mil- lion acres. Delegates from each State met and failed to agree. Resort was had to arms, and blood shed. Connecticut informed Congress of the state of affairs, and that body appointed Rutledge, Chase, Jefferson, Kinsey and Hopkins a committee. This committee recommended the cessation of hostilities and a settlement ina legal way. Peace once more reigned. After the Articles of Confederation were finally ratified, in- vesting Congress with the powers above referred to, Pennsylvania prayed Con- gress for a hearing. Congress set a day for a hearing, which was noticed to both parties, and at the time designated the disputants appeared by their agents. The States were then directed to appoint by joint consent commissioners to constitute a court. This wasdone. The court sat at Tren- ton. Fifteen days were devoted to argu- ments. The court decided for Pennsyl- vania. This was the only decision in controversies between States under the Articles of Confederation. The judg- ment was approved by Congress, and it was acquiesced in by Connecticut. Among these controversies were and Congress as- last and that two or should be resort on differences might between more establish- these contro- much was This did not prevent a war growing out of adverse claims to the private right of soil between individuals, and the ‘“Pennamite and Yankee’’ war was the result, but Pennsylvania confirmed to actual settlers their lands, and the dis- trict was erected into the Luzerne. Pennsylvania and Virginia differed as to the famous ‘‘Mason and Dixon’s” line. A commission, composed of clergy in Virginia and college professors in Penn- sylvania, finally agreed upon the line. New Jersey and Virginia differed as to a tract called Indiana in the Northwest Territory. No commission was appointed, county of Indiana is | State | por- THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. for Virginia presented to Congress a deed | of cession in 1784. New York claimed the land the Merrimac and the Charles, but before the commission which had been appoint- ed had met, the two New York and Massachusetts, dispute between themselves. South Carolina and Georgia fought for the upper waters of the $ The States mission, as between contending States, settled the failed to agree upon a com- directed by Congress, and | that body chose a court for the purpose, our | reference to which |} but the States came to an agreement. New Vermont, and Massachusetts quarrelled between Hampshire, the Lake Champlain over region lying j}and the Connecticut River, which result- ed in the recognition of ‘‘the pretended State of Vermont”’ as a State. Thus much for early controversies. In ease of conflicts now arising, Article LII, See. 1, of the Constitu- tion: ‘*The judicial power of the United States shall be Court and in such inferior we quote from vested in one Supreme courts as the Congress may, from time to and establish,” ordain ‘The time, and from See. 2: judicial power shall extend to controversies between two or more States. * ” It is altogether the States of Ohio and Indiana would be able to adjust any difference that arise from an might error in survey or other- wise, and that the course taken in early controversies would become unnecessary. Wm. C. SPRAGUE. —_———--_—» © > No Help for Him. From the Chicago Tribune. A man who seemed to be trying hard to buy a bureau looked through the stock on hand State street yesterday morning, and said as he turned to go: *¥ reckon I might as well I have been in a dozen and can’t find what I want.” “Is it any particular pattern you are looking for?’’ asked the salesman. ‘“*No-no,”? replied the man, walking absent mindedly around an antique oak give it up. affair and examining it on all sides. ‘‘’m not hunting for any particular style of bureau, but Pd know I came across it.” ‘*Perhaps your wife— “Anything that will suit her.”’ “Or your daughter—’’ “Got seven of ’em!? ejaculated man, taking off his hat and wiping his forehead nervously. ‘*My dear sir,” said the salesman promptly, ‘tI know what you are looking for. There isn’t a bureau of the kind you want in this market. Chewing gum will stick to the back of any of ’em.” it mighty quick if me will suit cn o> -> Country Callers. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentleman in trade: E, P. Gifford, Saranac. Jos. Ray dina. Berlin. EK. E. Day, Amble. J. L. Taylor, Ionia. 2 -_ It costs $25,000 to secure a patent in all the countries where patent laws exist. in Cape Colony, at the extreme southern part of Africa, the cost of a patent is $925, and we are told that only two pat- ents have ever been issued, one being the Bell telephone, and the other un- known to our informant. >. > Use Seinen or Superior Coupons. Cc. Ga. A. VoIaT & co. Proprietors of the insured in several companies and those | | STAR ROLLER MILLS. which which refused to actual cash value basis have agreed to abide by the decision in the e pending. There case now was about 16,000,000 feet of lumber burned, and to settle on | the basis sought to be established by the | insurance companies would mean the loss of several dollars to Mitch- ell Bros. thousand a Mr Wells Decides in Favor of Parkill. CHEBOYGAN, Dec. 26—C. A. has received a letter from Govenor Win- ans, in which the latter announces his intention of re-appointing S. E. Parkill to the State Board of Pharmacy. Consider- ing the fact that Mr. Parkill isa Repub- | liecan, the appointment meets with consid- | erable suprise here. Bugbee | : settle on the! ermerm RTT nn \ aszak W [ROLLER MILLS i181 i. GANOIGTEEO) ee > PATE a me 4 - GRAHAM, - GRANULATED OUR BRANDS: * ou R PATENT. | GILT EDGE. STAR. CALLA L IL a. GOLDEN SHEAF, PEARL. BOSS. BAKERS’ CHOICE, PATENT ROLLER FLOUR. SPECIALTIES: RYE and BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, and BOLTED MEAL. Prompt attention given to mail orders. Grand Rapids, Mich, ee or seer APT Ps ic ESS. gen am “rere SS TRADESMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. O. F. Conklin has decided to close out his general stock at Kent City. R. Van Bochove has removed his branch drug store from 445 Lyon street to 225 South Division street. The Phelps Lumber Co. ‘has opened a supply store in connection with its saw- mill at Keno. The Olney & Judson Gro- cer Co. furnished the stock. Geo. H. Reeder & Co. bid in the How- ard & Co. shoe stock at chattel mortgage sale at Lawrence last week, subsequently shipping the goods to this city. Steele & Co., who recently removed their drug and grocery stock from Ionia to this city, have returned to their former location and resumed business there. Adams & Hart, implement dealers at 12 West Bridge street, have purchased the agricultural implement stock of F. M. Dole, at Sparta, and will continue the business under the management of the former owner. Albert Stryker, Jr., “of the former gro- cery firm of DeJager, Stryker & Co., has opened a grocery store at the former lo- cation of the old firm, 116 Ellsworth ave- nue. The stock was furnished by the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. At the annual meeting of the Lemon & Wheeler Company, the old Board of Directors was re-elected, as follows: S. M. Lemon, A. K. Wheeler, Geo. B. Caul- field, Jno. A. Covode and A. E. Worden. The former officers were also re-elected, as follows: President, S. M. Lemon; Vice-President, John A. Covode; Secre- tary, Geo. B. Caulfield; Treasurer, A. K. Wheeler. J. W. McGrath, the financial end of the pickle firm of J. S. Walker & Co., has applied for a receiver for the firm, on the ground that Walker has not lived up to the terms of the copartnership agreement in several particulars, having collected money and converted it to his own use, instead of depositing it in bank, etc. Mr. McGrath states that all the ereditors of the firm will be paid in full and an- nounces that he will continue the pickle business on his own account as soon as the present difficulty is arranged. K. Dykema & Bro. have taken steps to bring an action against the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway, al- leging actual damages of $6,000 and ex- emplary damages to the amount of $12,- 000. The firm claims to have held a lease of the company’s elevator at Glad- stone, both parties to the agreement holding a signed contract giving the other 90 days’ notice, in the event of a change. Notwithstanding this provis- ion, Dykema & Bro. claim they were dispossessed of the property without a moment’s notice, in consequence of which they sue for the profits on the bus- iness for 90 days. The suit will be brought in the Delta Cireuit Court and | tried at Escanaba. Fletcher represent the > plaintiffs. New Sunday Law in Baltimore. By a late decree of the Baltimore mu- nicipal authorities, the pharmacists of that burg are now strictly prohibited from transacting any business whatever on Sundays excepting the compounding & Wanty and selling of medicines prescribed by | physicians. —_— >_> Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Purely Personal. | Isaac Gibson, the Petoskey grocer, was in town Monday. A. Vidro, general dealer on Stocking | | street, is dangerously ill with la grippe. | J. N. Taylor, son of J. L. Taylor, the| veteran Ionia grocer, was in town one day last week. L. Winternitz, State agent for the Fer- mentum Yeast Co., spent Christmas with Chicago friends. Fred H. Ball and wife sail from New | York on Thursday on the Trinidad for Hamilton, Bermuda. Thos. S. Freeman and Wm. L. Free- | man were called to Freeman, Ont., last | week by the serious illness of their | father. Stephen Sears has been confined to his | house for the past week by la grippe and it will probably be a week before he gets | out again. John Bolt, of the firm of Boersema & | Bolt, hardware dealers at Muskegon and Lakeside, was in town all last week, the| guest of various friends. A. A. Kimball, who clerked at different | times for H. M. Patrick, Frank Smith | and J. H. Williams, at Leroy, is now in the employ of the H. M. Loud & Sons | Lumber Co., at Potts. | Wm. Widdicomb has been confined to his home with la grippe for a week past and Anos Musselman would have been in bed at the same time, if he had taken the advice of his physician. M. Jandorf, formerly engaged in the shoe business on Canal street, has ar- ranged to open an agency for the Fer- mentum Yeast Co. at Pittsburg. He will enter upon the duties of his new position about Jan. 15. ~~ The Salt Product of Michigan. port gives the number of barrels of salt | inspected in the several districts, as fol- | lows: Manis... i, peetiae |... - Lire ese. Se oat... ee ee Mason a : ee louse. 8... ee ck cece Prom... 7 i.........-...-. 10'603 ‘Total. . nea a 670 The total salt “production ‘of the State for the past thirty years has been as fol- lows: Road The State Salt Inspector’s annual re- | | Prior to the year 1869..............-+.... 3,282,117 ee a we "551, 288 —————————————————————__ eee 521,252 nm. ce. te ee eee a OR ene ee 1,026,978 -— |... ae 1 oe ...... cue uct cue sesu cue Gade eee a 2s... Be . 1,660,997 ee ee 1,855,884 | CE ee es a aoe amet ee ee eee ee oo) 2enO. 200 | SE ee eee ee es ll Se ae Le. ee ee Se eee | {88> ie ... oe oe ee oe ae. .. 3,866,228 oo | Ce eT ee aoe ee . 3,926,670 | | eee 56,802,410 | While the production of Saginaw, Bay, | Huron, losco and Midland counties are | | decreasing, that of St. Clair, Manistee | and Mason counties is increasing. Man- | istee county produced 1,125,696 barrels | | during 1891, an increase of 119,171 bar- | rels over the output of 1890. Mason | | county’s increase over the previous year | amounted to 75,607 barrels. It is claimed that Manistee county will increase its output fully 25 per cent. during 1892. The largest single producer is the Michigan Trust Co., receiver for the R. |G. Peters Salt and Lumber Co., which | 342,601 barrels. The next} largest is the State Lumber Co., also of | Manistee, whose product was 161,347 barrels. The Belkuan Wagon and Sle GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers and Jobbers in SKIGHS, Send for Catalogue. STANDARD OIL C0,, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. Logging Delivery Pleasure DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK WORKS AT MUSKEGON, GRAND HAVEN, HOWARD CITY, MANISTEE, IONIA, PETOSKEY, HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR KMPYY CARBON % GASOLINE BARRELS. “nee — Your Feet Warm! By Wearing PARKER’S ARCTIC SOCKS For Sale By HIRTH & KRAUSE, 12 j th Lyon et, Grand Rapids, Jobbers of Shoe Store Supplies, PEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. CADILLAC, LUDINGTON. GRAND RAPIDS, BIG RAPIDS, ALLEGAN, ASS = — TD WASHE Buy of the Largest Manufacturers in the | Cor Of] Books Cour try and Save Money. The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids 4 3 i é ar sb ne pechivephianniph-taieg WaiAbialaet a hich car Old ‘Chalk It Down” on His La Written for Tez TzapEsuay ‘ man to whom itis giver thorn in the the retalier’s side, but it s00n rank ts iast An KIC 4 er our prosperous State e seales are fall- ing tron retaliers and the first thou itteral t af- t and coming to ses. is. **W foois we mortais 3 S ge raily tO lowed b a period of eme mortificatic during which they recount the losses and rumi- aused by ats and be tion and d At the end of this period of doing pen- ance, the retailer seizes LiImMSe y the sag of the pants and drags himself out backwards into the back yard, and there in the presence of the dog ar a heap of decayed vegetables, administers un- to hims king. He then sha grocer! al wi Swear that, so far as he is concernes he dear people. after J art . agear peopie, alts Janua;ry Wlil Dave to pay the cash for their groceries wher they get them—or eat hay. ing this article, the writer ted by a grocer in this y who came in with the windows of his sou us : blood and his wh for bear. He sprinkled with to the omy loaded muzzle left his like thi iis: ‘‘] never was so blank mad in burden in my office, and my life. What’s the matter? Well, there’s matter enough to make a man actual! kiss his mother-in-law. OldGru know Old G bb—you rubb over on Tinker street, the man who hauls brick—well, Old Grubb got into me so far that all the forces in the land couldn’t pul! him out, harness and : his horses, and I had to wagon in settlement of his grocery bill. That gave me four horses to keep, with ton, and nothing in the The other x ly at » WOTK at 35 hay at Si8 per world for three of them to do. day I secured a job of team hich would winter for the per day, w have furnished work al! Grubb team, and this morning they were to begin. 1 had engaged Bili who owes mea bill of this morning Bill stepped into the grocery to drive the team, but over >: store and said he guessed he wouldn’t dive down at the the team, as he had taken a job town. The team did not report proper time and another was engaged and I lost the job, besides about $10 paid outin fixing up the outfit forit. Enough to make aman mad? Why, look here! A man who is blank idiot enough to keep cool and smile under such circumstances, the winter Hundred while his could sit on a cake of ice in time and whistle Old house was burning up, and he could sit| Eo crrecmerenennsnemese ae TS IO PT ara at THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. doing business w mpeis (hem to not oniy pay for fee ng ana ¢ their own fam so also an ad naintenance 4) of others W ho neglect to pay. This is a downright in- i} ti ly r < 1060 eente + > justice and men who pay 100 cents on the dollar will no longer submit to it. _—— out who can 25 per cent. in in a former arti- ne. As stated > forerunners and pioneers in mercantie 2 golden harvest. stendom can be found so retailer in Chri stupid as to imagine for an that the v« creased al! lume around as a result of the universal adoption of the cash system. I have stated before, and I repeat ieresultof such amovement would be a diminution of the volume It is a fact deny that which probably no one will cash for than There is no those who pay spot their supplies buy less of them those who buy on credit. danger, however, of a simultaneous, versal movement of this kind, and, advanced thinkers fore, the more tion see their golden opportunity and are | rapidly transforming their business so as to take advantage of it. Itis quite evi- dent that any man. who sells a certai! quantity of sell it cheaper for merchandise per annum can spot cash than where credit is more or less given. This fact, of course, is patent to the mind of every The can sell cheaper for man. popular saying that a man eash is based on the implied supposition that the quantity of merchandise will case. Suppose of $10,000 on the usual credit plan. either aman is doing a business He | be the same in i 2s i rapidly, | of trade would be in-| there- | reformation who} Surely no} of trade. | uni-| who} have devoted much thought to this ques- | i | Dry Goods Price Current. CNBLE ACHED COTTONS. Adriatic 19 A pr - Th oe Ha tford A rod vm arket -. Top of the Heap BE D _COTT NS. ly Wash s Oak Vie iew Our Own A Pride of the West a yard . rh ie 1 White Horse uae ie 6%) ‘ Rock HALF BLEACHED COTTONS, %' Dwight Anchor. EACHED CARSOR PLANNEL, ” 5% Middlesex o 5. 6% ve z.. 7 . 2. 8 c :. 9 r= 9 CHED CANTON FLANNEL. 7%i Middlesex AA.... g “ 2 + CARPET WARP. -18 (Integrity, colored. . to Ww hi te Star. DRESS Goons. ._ © |emeles...... . Q + GG Cash sere Nameless a ) Bortree’s colors. 5% urkey robes. Indian Head. ....... Nonpareil colored. Arrow Brand 5% Wo rid Wide.. 7 iras cheese cloth 6% 5} 7 6 % i ms 2 3 2c a ee: ht SO 2 UD D221 OS - we) , we a) :@ ee Ws aw é ' 45 | A bdomirz 15 00 CORSET JEA — - , } 7% andre OSC 1 6% . 6% 6% Allen turkey reds.. 5%/Berwick fancies % ' robes........ 54/Clyde Robes... 5 ir 2 Charter Oak fanc ies 414 u DelMarine cashm’s. 6 ' mourn’g 6 ddystone fancy... 6 ' chocolat 6 3 roeer.... 6 ; Americanindigo 5g / sateens.. 6 American shirtings. 33; Hamil ———. 6 Argentine Grays 6 ' stap 5% or Shirting 4% Manchester bane _.. 6 54 ' new era. 6 A Merrimack D fancy. 6 : ¢ Merrim’ck shirtings. 4 ‘ . Reppfurn . 8% " onstury cloth 7 Pacific fancy 6 gold seal.....10% ™ (ees. - 6% ‘* green seal TR 10% Portsmouth robes... 6 “yellow seal. .104%\/Simpson mourning. 6 serge <1 oe = oe... 25. 6 Turkey red..10% Solid black. 6 Ballou solid black..5 W ashington indigo. 6 ‘ e ‘ % 835 | Bengal blue, green, India robes.. red and — oe plain T ky - | Berlin solids. . _e “ 10 “ofl blue...... 6%; ‘* Oneuen Pur ig eveen.... Ohh Meevee......... “ Foulards .... 54% Martha raamaen PO ci aes o Sheng nee on eis 7 ss ° = ...-. 9%| Martha ashingtoi ' 44 10 Turkey red..,...... 9 A 3. 4X XXX 12 Riverpoint robes... 5 Cocheco fancy.. 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6 . madders... 6 - gold ticket ’ XX twills.. 64%! indigo blue....... 10% will realize a certain percentage of loss | OolGs...... Or TICKINGS. Amoskeag AC A a woke Hamilton N . 7 Pemberton A AA....16 . es -- 8% York. lee cs 10% Awning 11 iSwift River . o. Sersaee Lie eau our 8 |Pearl River .12 First Prize --11%) werree........ Lenox Mills 18 COTTON DRILL, % Atlanta, D.. . 6 \Stark A a 8 on nee sno seen 6%iNo Name....... 7 Clifton, K . 6%|Top of Heap....... 10 SATINES. Simpson... «ss+sees@D {DOTIOL........ .,2, 10% iBlack. 9% | | DEMINS, Amoskeag........- 1214/C olumbian brown. = . 9 oz.....13%| Everett, blue........ _ brown .13 | ' brown. oS Andover...... oo Haymaker a 7% Beaver Creek AA. brown... 7% BB. 9 POENOT oo cans 152. 11% ” ee. Lancaster....... +++ Boston Mfg C o. br.. 7 |Lawrence, 9oz... -13% blue 8% - No, S20....18 “ d «twist 10% - No. 250....11% Cc folumbian XXX br.10 ” No. 280....10% XXX b1.19 GINGHAMS. Amoskeag . oe | %4 |Lancaster, staple... 6% ' Persian ‘dress 8! 5 . fancies . 7 - Canton .. _ Normandie 8 AFC. one lees 6% Teaz 2 Manchester. % 634 on 10% Monogram.... is. Oe . Persian.. 8%|Normandie......... 7% Arlington staple on Persuer........ 846 Arasapha fancy 4 Renfrew Dres 7% Bates Ww arwick dres Hi Rosemont Lo. or staples. 64/Slatersville ......... 6 Centennial. 10% |Somerset....... ie Criterion .... 1054 Tac oma .. 7 ( ‘umberland staple. 4'Toil du Nord.. 0 Cu land. : 5 Wabash on 7 Es ee 4% seersucker.. Se 74| Warwic Riis. ss Everett classics..... 84) Whittenden...... Exposition ve ook heather dr. 8 Glenarie.. 6%] “ indigo blue 9 Glenarven. .. 6%|/Wamsutta — .. 6% Glenwood...... on oo West rook. a eee... 11. 6% a 10 Johnson Jhalon cl 44|Windermeer.. oo. am indian Dbiae SI Tore..... .......... 6% zephyrs... 16 GRAIN BAGS, Amoskeag....... 16\4| Valley City ..-.......15% ere. ..... ee ee American 16%4|Pacific ..... on -14% THREADS, ‘lark’s ee End.. <5 (Herbours...........08 C oo, 7. OF ..1.... (meres... ...... 88 Bolvece.-..........- 2% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored.| White. Colored, No 6... ..28 38 _ oe 42 . S.......2. ~~ i.l6lUM.. 43 16. a 44 _ fe xz °° =... @ 45 CAMBRICS. Slater.. Laecuaves A (wera ioe 4 White Star i. . « Lecrwon...... 4 ee 4 |Wood’s.. Co. Neowmerent......... § Erumewick........ 4 RED FLANNEL. Fireman Pr Wn... 0. oe Creedmiore.... ..... 2734/8 Ti... . - ae Talbot XXX... ---+-30 tm, oe oa Nameless. ..... , oe ouereye.... -... Lo MIXED FLANNEL. Grey SRW 17% Red & Blue, yee. -40 —— Union R \ 224%; Western W ..... 18% i veo ..18% omer... -- +e 6 oz Western.......-20 Flushing ee 2354 Union B . .224%4|Manitoba...........23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless ..... 8 @9% os 9 @10% .-- 8% @10 - 124% CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate Brown. Bilack.jSlate. Brown. Black. 9% 9% 914/13 13 13 10% 1W% 10% 15 15 15 11% 11% 14/17 17 17 | 12% 12% 1244/20 20 20 DUCKS. Severen, 8 oz.. 9% |West Point, 8 oz....10% Mayland, 8 oz. - -10% . 10 oz 12% Greenwood, 7% Oz. 9 sien 1008. ......-.2aee | Greenwood, 8 oz....11% Stark _ ; 13% Boston, € 06,.....-. 10% Boston, 10 oz. 12% | Colored, | Slater, Iron Cross... 8 WADDINGS. Waite, dos........-. 25 |Per bale, 40 doz... ne SILESIAS. Pawtucket... .. Rot Crom.... & (Dmedie........... - 10% 9 if ee 10% pearor........ 10% c Best AA. .... wo _— ween 10% iiss. oe a i. Goi. . 8%) " BEWING SILK. Corticelli, doz.......75 (Corticelli ne twist, doz 37%) per oz ball......30 BO yd, doz. .37% HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS. No 1 BI’k « White.. 10 [No 4BVk & White..15 “ =: & ae se 3 és i 12 | “ 10 “ PINS. No 2—20,M C.......50 |No4—15 F 3%......40 F* S-i6,0 0.,.....-.2 COTTON TAP No 2Wh ite & BI'k.. 12 No 8 White & BI'k.. 20 ~ - 15 10 . a we . ..18 me " a } SAFETY PINS. LOR... ae [Nos.. 36 NEEDLES—PER M. A. cemees...,.. --1 4\Steamboat.... ...... @ cower ®....... .... ; = Gold Eyed. 1 50 Marshall’s.......... ae i CLOTH. 5—4....225 6—4...3 25)5—4....195 6—4...2 9 oe i COTTON - INES. Cotton Sail Twine..28 |Nashua. —. Crown . - wie Rising Star 4- ply. ue Domestic ..... .18% opiy....1¢ BROMO oi. oo) 1 peorth Star.......... 20 Bristol . .»..13 |Wool Standard 4 ply17% Cherry Valley. ....15 |Powhattan .........18 xh. 18 PLAID OSNABURGS Rie 6%|Mount Pleasant.... 6% Alamance. ... ee. i ae, 5 PE cee es ci TORE OOD bcs ceo one) 5% | Ay sO0ne.......,... @. eanaeimen....,.... 5 OONETR cei ccs Gi4| Riverside........... 5% RE aks i cee ins S&iSibley A........ ine aa | Bow River......... BPP eis acs 6 on the credit extended, which must be provided for, as are all other expenses and losses, by the margin of profit placed on the goods. Suppose that this man is one of the advanced thinkers mentioned above, and he concludes to transform his business over on a cash basis. He will reason something like this: ‘‘My bad debt losses, collecting expenses, booking expenses, and losses from being unable to disconnt my bills, amount to so much in dollars and cents. Now, if I adopt the cash system and sell the same quan- tity of goods I do under the present sys- | tem,I can mark them down to the full ex- tent of this large sum, giving my custo- mers the benefit of it, and make the same money lam now making and do it much easier and more satisfactorially. Of the most of my credit customers will leave me, and, in order to sell the same quantity, I shall have to draw new trade to make up for it. I will be the first on my street or in the village to adopt the cash plan and I will have the whole territory to draw from. My chances are better now than they will be later on after others have adopted it. 1 realize the fact that it is far easier to hold trade than it is to coax it away from others; and, therefore, while the coast is clear, I will step in, occupy trade, course, and establish upon my new relying my reduced prices and sound business principles for success.” Mr. Meader is only merchants who could vouch for the soundness of the above reasoning and the suecessful result of the conclusion it led to. EK. A. —————-—»>__-+ How to Ruin a Husband. From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. He had a wife. His salary was $2,500 per annum. But she complained. She wanted a better house. Better clothes. Nothing fit to go out in. No country cottage. Nor carriage. Nor society. She coveted a place on the ragged edge of the 400. She kept it up Night and day, And moaned and Wept. He lacked style also, As well as new clothes every six weeks, and various other things. He knew how his employer made several hundred daily on the street. A thousand or so wonld not be for a few hours. So he took it and went up and won. She got her sealskin. He took more and lost. More yet. Defalcation discovered. He wears the penitentiary check. Others are going, too. Beware. Better is a modest room up two pairs of back stairs than acell in jail. A el Use Tradesman Coupon Books. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. one of seores of OWEN. missed the street A ¥ Bowne, President. D. A. | opeETT, Vice-President. H. W. Nasu, Cashier | $300,000. | | | CAPITAL, - - Transacts a general banking business. Makea Specialty of Collections. Accounts of Country Merchants Solicited. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. ee 60 i Ee 40 SORTIMEN ,BOUEING. 2 owe. cee ese 25 Ponneeee, eee. .......... ee AXES. First Quality, a... ........ 87 50 OO ee 12 00 . eS eer... CC... 8 50 . i BARROWS. dis. ee 8 14 00 Garden. .......... peceee ee ceee . net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. Co kel a —_—- Carriage Mew eee ee Plo — ee Sleigh RES eT 70 BUCKETS. Well, plain. ee eee ess weds lace 8 3 50 Well swivel... eel oeee uel 400 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cast Loose Pin, Geared ....... ...........-. 70& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 60&10 Weoweetloeee rin. -...... 60&10 Wreuent Tenia... sl 60&10 Wrought Inside Blind.......:... levee — Wrought Brass. . Code oe ay eee eae ce os Pee Clee... 70810 Blind, Pores. “— Bend Seererae. jw. ee, BLOCKS. Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85..... Cec 60 CRADLES. a aed ms <4 os Oe, Ce CROW BARS. aoe. perm 5 CAPS. Beye ee per m 65 ices CP... 60 Ga p...... eee eeep ec credee ea. 35 Musket . Lee eee 60 CARTRIDGES. Ne 50 Contra: Wire. ........-...:.............. aie 25 CHISELS, dis. eee Oe 70&10 Oe Sree ee 70&10 Socks Carmcr... SOChCEe OeeEe . 70&10 Butehers Taneed Pirmcr............ ...... 40 COMBS. dis. Curry, Lawrence’s.... el ES 40 OO EE 25 CHALE. White Crayons, per gross..........12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, — 14 oz cut tosize... .. per pound 28 Sauber, [omce, Peet ,............... 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ........-.. 2 Cold Rolled, tone... Peek dees cela ca 23 Paces C8... . 25 DRILLS8. dis. Maren « Blt Sieeee.. i. ‘ 50 ‘Taper and eraienht Shank... .............. 50 Morse’s Tarver Brae... .................. : 50 DRIPPING PANS. Snel) aes. Ber WOUNG ...................... 07 Taree sien, peor pounG...... ......... _.... 6% ELBOWS. Com. 4 eee, Gm... .dos. = = Corrugated .. beet a ct eel. BI cee ee ‘te 40&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, $18; i a 30 avon, © On; © es 6 es... 25 FILES—New List. dis. aes. 60&10 oe Been. we. as. 60&10 ree ie. ... 60&10 eee ee 50 eper's Horse ome. .:...................,. 50 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20;2 22 and 24; 2% and 2%; 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, 60 GAUGES. HAMMERS. | ROPES. ’ ‘ ox | Sisal, % inch and larger — & Co. ees aie -_ = Mania naa en : Yerkes & Plumb’s........... ee — om. Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............. 30¢ list 60 Te and Bevels. eee. : a Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30c 40&10 ie coe naa cere rey et 7 , MENGES. : ‘SHEET IRON. Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2,3... is .. dis.60&10 Com. Gach Cou. > ei Se a per r doz. net, 2 50 | Nos. 10 to 14....... .84 05 2 95 ew Hook and Strap, to 12 In. 4% 14 and Lesa te re 4 05 3 (5 oueee Melwae inst |. 405 315 Screw Hook and Eye, %........ : ‘net 10 | Nos. 22 woe ri 3 15 a L 9B---+ 2. +. met 8&4 | Nos. 25to26....... 43 3 25 . v [ % ee . net 7% No. 27. 46 3 3 i i iu Beveeees net 7%) All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches Strap and T. tress tee eees . dis. 50 | wide not less than 2-10 extra HANGERS. dis. SAND PAPER. Barn Docr Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 | List acct. 19, °86. dis. 50) Champion, anti-friction. ... 60&10 SASH CORD. Kidder, wood track . oe le uelee 40 | Silver Lake, White A......... Hat 5 HOLLOW WARE. “ mas “ 5B Vel... ec. 60 White B a 50 Kettles. . aS 60 “ bask... ee 55 Spiders ... ... . 60 “i icc... “ 35 Gray SE eT . 40&10 Discount, 10. HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. ! SASH WEIGHTS, Stamped ‘Tin Ware................... -new list 70 | Solid Eyes........... .. per ton 825 ceeumned Tim Ware........ ............ 25 i ‘SAWS. dis. Granite Iron Ware ............. new list 33%. &10 : Hand . ne 20 WIRE GOODS. dis. Silver Ste el. Dia. X ‘Cuts, per foot, 70 Eee ...-70&10&10 ‘¢ Special Steel Dex X Cuts, perfoot.... 50 Serew Eyes. ..70&10&10 ts tomer Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 30 Hook’s ee -70&10&10 | ‘* Champion and Electric Tooth xX Gate Hooks and Eyes. Be eee aren 70&10&10 Cuts, per fodt............,..... ever eeae aM LEVELS. dis. TRAPS dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s... 70 | Steel, Game..... ee KNOBS—New List. dis, | Oneida C ommunity, New house’s Peerage 35 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............- 55 | Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s 70 Door, porcelain, jap. Sivemings__.... le 55 | Mouse, choker.... : 18¢ per doz Door, porcelain, plated a. oo 55 | Mouse, delusion........ . .81.50 per doz Door, porcersin, trimmings .............- 55 ' WIRE dis. Drawer and Shutter, pore celain..... eee | Drignt Market... .......c... .. 65 LOCKS—DOOR. dis, Annealed Market............ weed ten ne ee eee Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ...... 55 | Coppered Market............. Lo 60 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.'s. a 55 | Tinned Market. : oe EE 55 | Coppered Spring “Steel... Lo . l 50 eee oe ex | Barped Wence, galyaniaed................ 3 35 MATTOCKS. ° painted ........, . 2 85 Pe . $16.00, dis. 60 HORSE NAILS. Hunt Bye ie "815. 00, dis, 60 | Au Sable nas en encores «+++ Chl, DOGS OUR OEG 1UGIOG Ree. .......-.,.-.- ) $18. 50, dis, 20d10. Putnam Date ee cece etce es. dis, 08 MAULS. dis, | Northwestern.................... dis. 10410 8 & Co.’s, Post, handled..... | WRENCHES, dis, ihe MILLS. dis, | Baxter’s Adjustable, mickeied.......... 30 Coffee, Parkers Co.'s........ i. 401 Coes Genuine... 50 P. 5. & W. Miz. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, 75 ~ Genders, Pouy G@Cie is......,..... 49 | Coe’s Patent, malleable..... ; -T5&10 ‘¢ Enterprise ae . 20 | MISCELLANEOU 8. dis. MOLASSES GATES. dis. | Bird Cages ...... i ee 5 Stebbin’s Pattern.. : ...---..---60&10 | Pumps, Cistern. ee Stebbin’ PGenaiie oe 60&10 | Screws, New I ist. 2. ee 20&16 Enterprise, self- a eee eee ioral 25 | Casters, Bed a dP late. ..50&10&16 NAILS | Dampers, American... 40 Steel mails, base............ ee 1 so | Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65 Wee wee bese 8 2 00 METALS, Advance over base: Steel. Wire. | PIG TIN. / eo... 1. Base Bose (ee tac Base 40 | Fig Bere... _-.- --._--..--..-__..._... 28c 05 20 ZINC. 10 29 | Duty: Sheet, 2c oe pound. 15 30 600 pound Coaee |... eo. 6% 15 ot Per pound......... <<... @ 15 35 | SOLDER, 20 Ae POG ey o eee 25 50 | Extra WI! {ping : 15 _ 66 | The prices of the mar ny ‘other qualitic 28 of . oo 90 | solder in the market indicated by private brands ..1 08 1 50 | vary according to composition. 2 oe 2 00 | ANTIMONY 1 50 S 06 | COORSON...........- | ..per pound 16 ee 60 90 | Hallett’s....... “4 13 me Scie Sl. 1 00 TIN—MELYN GRADE. » ©€... 2 ......-4............. oo 1 25 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal. . ie Q ~..8 7 OO ae ce: 85 1 00 | 14x20 IC, Se seen a cae ame, 7 50 — es 1 00 1 25 | 10x14 1X, ee eee eee. 9 25 . 6 1 15 1 50 | 14x20 IX, 92 clinch! 10" ee 85 7% | Each wdditional X on this grade, $1.75. Ea EN 1 00 90 TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. m 6 ee td ae elds ae 1 15 1 00 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal . ei nenes wees. 06 75 Barren &........-. ee cccee ee CE Lo. 6 %5 7 PLANES. dis. | 10x14 IX, ee ‘ = Cie Sool Cas, faney...................... METER, hehe tee teh eee ates wena 9 2 Sclota Bench........ : ge se ae oe So Each ‘Jaditional X on this grade 81.50. Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy................. @@ \ ROOFING PLATES Menem fret qusiien................ @60 | 14x20 IC, a Worcester. dee : . 50 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. &10 | 14x20TX, mh a 50 PANS. 20x28 IC, i “ 13 50 a . dis.60—10 | 14x20IC, ‘‘ Allaway Grade........... 6 00 ce polished eae le .dis. 70 | 14x20 IX, : i Dae 7 50 RIVETS. dis, | 20x28 a i uy sete tees ue 2 50 iron and Tinned........ le Lease 40 | 20x28 IX, : i — 5S Copper Rivets and Burs. . ee . 50—10 | BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. PATENT FLANISH ED IRON. : mest... $14 08 ‘*A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 27 10 20 | 14x31 IX.. . 3 Ltee ter ereeees teens 15 ““B Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 | 14x56 IX, for N No. Boller 8, \ per eae 10 Broken packs ec per pound extra. 14x60 1X. * 8 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s prices: le Kelly Aye Mio Go, We carry a good stock of these axes a d quote them at the following S. Bi. D. Bit. Kelly Perfect, per doz. 12 & Falls;City, per doz. $6 $9 he Kelly Perfect Axeg, ———— ALSO The Falls City Axe Both Manufactured by Louisville, Ky. i Seep are ne as 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman ficial Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. | A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable strictly in advance. Advertising Rates made known on apy lication. Publication Office, 100 Louis St. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Oy.ce. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1891, THEORY VS. PRACTICE. In theory, the trades union—like the co-operative store—is all right; in prac- tice, the power usually falls into the hands of the worst element, and often into the hands of men not in any way inter- | !nose, while the leaders are waxing fat ;on the contributions poured in on all sides. BEGIN THE NEW YEAR EVEN. Considering that the subject of arrear- | age is not broached in these columns | oftener than once a year, THE TRADES- | MAN assumes that its readers will bear | with it in this appeal for the amounts About two } | sand subscribers are in arrears, their in- | due on subscription. thou- debtedness aggregating between two and | three thousand dollars. To each of | these the amount is small, but its pay- | ment will enable the publishers to make the paper better and brighter, and thus }result to the benefit of all concerned. | Let there be 2 prompt and general re- | sponse to this appeal! | ested in the issue. In the recent street Those who are interested in having ear strike in this city, for instance, | good roads in towns and cities, as well the manipulation from first to last} as in the country, will rejoice to know was done by men who never had been in | that the city of Kingston, N. Y., having the employ of the street railway coM-| passed a ‘“‘wide-tire ordinance,” to pre- pany; in fact, their means of earning a/| living was questionable, and had been for some time. Yet these men, through the agency of an organization—with only good intentions in its by-laws—fomented | and maintained a strike for the personal gain there was init. They blackmailed the merchants and intimidated the vie- tims. Sympathy for ‘‘the cause” was | the war ery. i Really, the whole fabric of trade | unionism is a bunko game of huge pro- portions—the public is plundered, the employes are stool pigeons, ‘* the cause ” is the deep pocket of the ‘ steerer.” Whether the issue is suecessful or not makes no difference to the “‘ steerer:” he makes money either way. The longer the strike can be prolonged the greater the gain to him. So cleverly does he} play the game that, even after itis all over, no auditing of the accounts is nec- | essary, the money which the public con- | tributed is gone, but the ‘‘steerer’’ still | remains and continues friend of labor. to pose as the ANOTHER STRIKE FAILURE. | The Associated Press announces the Indiana, the men having gone back to| work at the old wages after an enforced | idleness of two months, with their wages but dare not disobey the commands of the trades union leaders who fomented and ‘‘conducted” the strike. companies, transportation lines and other enterprises connected with the mines suffered a loss fully as great as the men. Aside from the enormous loss in wages, | the men are not in as good shape as they were before the strike, as the mine own- ers have lost many contracts as a result of the strike and it will take them many months to work their way back into the market. Careful readers of the daily press will note that every strike of any consequence which has been ordered by the trades union leaders of late has ended in dis- aster for the strike:s, and this result will probably mark every contest of the kind in which men of good intentions permit venal and unscrupulous repre- sentatives to lead them around by the | row tires, has come although the} majority of the workmen were satisfied | The loss to the men in wages is | estimated at $875,000, while the mining | | vent its paved and macadamized streets | from being cut to pieces by heavily load- ed wagons carrying their loads upon nar- off victorious in a legal contest, in which the validity of the ordinance was attacked. It is an undoubt- ed fact that the width of the tires upon wagons can be so proportioned to the loads carried as to do no harm to roads, and in fact so that every such wagon | passing over the road will improve it |rather than injure it in most cases. It |is to the best interests of all that such ordinances should be passed and enforced everywhere. The importance of good roads is becoming quite generally recog- nized, and it is not fair that the people’s money should be taken to build them, only to have them cut to pieces by wagons earrying loads on such narrow tires as to make the pressure per unit of area more than any road can stand. Mechanies have long ago grappled with this prob- lem in various ways, so far as it applies | to machinery, and have found that, when a given weight is to be sustained, enough | bearing surface must be provided, so that the pressure will not become too |great for the material to be employed. utter collapse of the miners’ strike in| | If it is a locomotive, enough pairs of are put under it to attain the | desired total weight upon drivers, with- out exceeding the desired weight upon |any single pair. Wagon makers should adopt the same plan, and if they are not | willing to do this, then the law should compel them te do it. | drivers The cheese make in the United States for 1891 has been smaller than usual, but larger than ever before in Canada. The | market at Utica. N. Y., the great cheese ‘center of the Eastern States, went as low as 7°; cents per pound for two weeks in | July and one in August, against 7 cents as the lowest price last year in August. |In September and October prices were firm at 9's cents, but early in November | jumped to 10 and then to 1114, owing to the demand from domestic buyers for the home trade, who, at that late date, dis-| covered the shortage in cheese. This is the secret of the advance in the fall and! early winter and clearly shows that home | trade is the best factor and that without it cheese making could not be maintain- ed in the United States. Cheese was |mever more closely sold up, and while some factories will run well into the win- ter, the outlook is for still better prices and for a splendid condition of the cheese trade when the season opens next year. A great many dealers give as an excuse for not renovating their stores and in- troducing some modern conveniences and improvements that they fear sueh an innovation would affect the old asso- ciations of some of their old customers. The customers who continue their pat- ronage to a store because it is the re- mains of a day gone by, because it is dingy and uninviting, must be queer old fossils indeed, and the question arises to what extent are they likely to be patrons of a store? Meanwhile who is to secure the trade of the young people with modern ideas, who appreciate innovations, and who are buying goods all the time? It never pays a man to quarrel with his bread and butter, but the proprietor of a certain hotel in the vicinity of Hart has evidently placed himself in a_posi- tion where he will get very little butter on his bread. Having continually villi- fied the traveling man in his capacity as exponent of P. of I. principles, he new solicits the traveler’s patronage, but the amount he gets will probably never make him rich. This is hardly a case of bread on the waters, more nearly resem- bling the adage about chickens coming home to roost. When a merchant gets to that point that he admits confidentially to himself that he has no business in the business, itis high time that he studied up and learned the business, or got out of the business and left the opening for a man of more business. Do not wait on your customers as though you were their superiors, neither as though they were the superiors of yourself. A respectable merchant is just as good as any other respectable citizen, and not a whit better. The retail dealer who makes an en- gagement with a traveler, necessitating the latter to wait over a train and then fails to keep the engagement, without justifiable excuse, should thereafter be ignored by the entire fraternity. One touch of grip. makes the whole world shake. Good Words Unsolicited. Philip B. Kirkwood, druggist and book-seller, Negaunee: “Enclosed find #2 to apply on sub- scription. I read a great many journals, but I honestly think I would part with many of them before ['d let THe TRADESMAN go. you,” Mrs. L. Hoekstra, grocer, Kalamazoo: ‘‘We did not get our copy of THe TRADESMAN this week and it seems lonesome without it. I don’t know how we can do business without it.” J. R. Vance, general dealer, Afton: live long and prosper, is our wish.” L. Lott & Bro., produce dealers, Elmdale: ‘““We cannot get along without THe TrRapEesMAN.” S. M. Meader, general dealer, Brinton: “En 1 closed please find $1 to pay my subscription to your valuable paper, THE TrapEsMAN, a paper which every merchant should have. I find it is | full of suggestions and thoughts which givea person in trade a good many new ideas which he would not otherwise have thought of,” | W. R. Dennis & Co., jobbers of hats and fur- nishing goods, Kansas City, Mo.: “It is a very friendly caller.” Success to “May it i i Ae For the finest coffees in the world, high grade teas, spices, etc., see J. P. Visner, | 304 North Ionia street, Grand Rapids, | Mich., general representative for E. J. | Gillies & Co., New York City. a aa aa The Adulteration of Coffee and Tea. The subject of food adulteration has been reviewed again by the frequent re- | ports in the daily press of the discovery | of large lots of spurious coffee. The ex- itent of the distribution of adulterated | food products has been somewhat mag- |nified by the sensational character of | these articles. Still there is sufficient | grounds to warrant the grocery trade in | taking early precaution against handling this stuff. We have found in an article | written by Gulliford L. Spencer, of the United States Department of Agriculture some valuable information regarding the adulteration of these two staples and hints as to its detection. He says that the spurious coffees which are now on the market in many states, are examples of so-called substitutes which have noth- ing incommon with the food imitated, and whose sole object is fraud. These spurous coffees are usually moulded in imitation of the genuine beans, and are generally composed of cereals with some- times a little chicory, and it is even stated mineral substances which are exceeding- ly deletorious. In order to prepare a scheme for de- tecting foreign matters, a careful chem- ical and microscopical study of the gen- uine coffee is first made. From this we ascertain certain peculiarities of comp- osition, such as the presence of an alka- loid, a tannin, an oil, ete., and among the inorganic constituents, a very low percentage of silica. The physical char- acteristics of the bean are also studied. The microscope reveals a structure which is peculiar to coffee and which can readi- ly be identified. The chemical and mic- roscopical studies are then extended to substances which are probable adulter- ants and any peculiarities are noted. Known mixtures of genuine coffee and these possible adulterants are now pre- pared, and experiments are made in esti- mating the relative proportions of the substances forming the mixture. Certain of these substances may contain some constituent which is not present in coffee and which may be readily detected; for example, the starch of cereals. By noting these peculiarities, a scheme for the examination of coffees is prepared and by means of positive and negative tests, the composition of the sample is ascertained. A number of tests are always applied in order to avoid any possible error. Coffee is at present subject to a very extensive adulteration. Flour, crackers, and almost any cereal, probably in a damaged condition and which would otherwise be lost, are made into a dough and moulded into the form of coffee beans. The spurious beans are then baked or roasted or else colored in imitation of green coffees. The roasted artifiicial coffees are generally heavier than the genuine and will sink in water while the latter float. There are, however, some exceptions to this, necessitating the use of a solution of but little greater specific gravity than that of coffee. Aleohol is usu- ally employed for this purpose, but must be diluted to forty per cent. by volume. Artificial coffees can be detected in un- ground samples by acareful examination and separation of all beans which do not have a portion of the fine membrane with which they were originally invested, still adhering in the cleft. The suspect- ed beans should be cut open and the structure examined. The uniform struc- ture of the artificial coffee is very dis- tinctive and after comparison with that of genuine coffee can never be mistaken for the latter. Pure ground, roasted coffee will float on cold water, coloring it very slightly and slowly, while bogus coffee, chicory, roasted cereals, ete., sink, coloring the water quickly. Chicory is very easily detected by the test, since the particles in sinking leave a trail of color behind them. Cereals, when ‘light roasted,” may escape detection by the water test, but they respond readily to iodine, giving the characteristic reaction for starch. A hot water extract of the adulterated sample containing cereals, or other starch bodies, when filtered, cooled, acidulated with sulphuric acid and declorized by per magnate of potassium, will show a blue color on the addition of tincture of iodine. Chicory contains no starch, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. hence if the water is quickly colored and iodine does not give the characteristic re- action, chicory is probably present. The microscopic examination will reveal the presence of starches, if cereals, acorns, peas, or beans constitute the adulterant, and generally sufficient relics of the original structures of these substances will escape destruction in the roasting process for their identification. The presence of chicory is also finally veri- fied by the microscope. These remarks in regard to the esti- mation of the extent of adulteration in coffees, apply with equal force to teas. In general the addition of foreign sub- stances can be easily detected, but the proportion of these substances cannot be so readily ascertained, if at all, in many eases. The methods of detecting the adulterants of teas depend largely upon the microscope. The genuine tea leaves should be moistened, spread upon a glass piate, and the venation and serration noted. A microscopic examination and comparison of the stomata of the tea leaf with those of other leaves show the former to be quite distinctive. Stone cells are stated to be always present in tea leaves. These indications are suflicient for the detection of foreign leaves when present in a sample, but they should be supple- mented by a chemical examination. This examination will show the presence or absence of certain constituents of the tea leaves and, in the case of alow percentage of soluble matter, will call attention to the probable use of spent leaves. - The presence of foreign astringents would also indicate spent leaves, since the strength abstracted in brewing the tea must be compensated for in preparing for black teas. Other pigments are also sometimes used. From the fact that al- most all of our green and many black teas are subjected to this treatment, the color- ing matters being inert, the practice has not been considered a form of adulter- ation and is not even prohibited by the United States Tea Act. The facing of teas is solely for the purpose of deception, there being absolutely nothing in the favor of practice, hence it certainly is an adulteration and should be so considered. A reliable authority states that the facing may amount to as much as from two to three per cent. of the weight of the tea. In such cases of excessive fac- ing, the coloring matter should be classed with other adulterants which increase the weight of the product without corres- ponding advantage. It is popularly supposed that green and black teas are from different varieties of the plant or that copper is used in color- ing the former. On the contrary, the color.is the result of the method of curing the leaves and is not due to pigments or differences in that plant itself. The leaves are dried in bamboo trays, and not upon copper plates. A large number of analyses of teas, by the writer and others, has failed to detect the presence of copper in a single instance. The admixture of spent or exhausted tea leaves is a form of adulteration which is not always easy of detection. These leaves are dried and faced before use for this purpose. Spent leaves are de- tected by their frayed appearance, and the low percentage of soluble constit- uents ‘remaining in the sample. In mak- ing this comparison, a table showing the maxima and minima percentages of these constituents in pure teas is necessary. unlike teas, are unfortunately the fact that they were composed of sereenings and refuse coffee. Spurious coffees are probably mixed with the genuine by the roaster and sold to the small dealers who are often una- ware of the fraud. The profit to the mix- er must be enormous since the adulter- ants are wholesaled at prices ranging from four cents per pound upward, the imitation coffee beans selling at ap- proximately ten cents per pound. These latter are largely imported from Germany‘ and are admitted as ‘‘coffee-substitutes,’’ paying two cents a pound duty. It seems strange that an article possessing none of the properties of coffee, and whose very appearance is suggestive of fraud, should be admitted under any conditions. The large profits in this manufacture have tempted American enterprise and now a better imitation coffee is produced in this country than in Germany. - > > Keep Out of Debt. From the Philadelphia Ledger. Everyone who has a fixed income of any kind can and ought so to regulate his expenditures as to bring them within it. This is a habit which should be ineculeat- ed in the very earliest years. The child with an allowance for its pleasures, be it ever so small, should never be suifered to exceed it, or to draw upon the future. The youth should be taught to undergo self-denial rather than to borrow’ the money to obtain a gratification. There is more true independence in this lesson | than in hundreds of shouts or boasts liberty which too often only convey idea of casting off duty and obligation. Such instruction, however, will use- less while example points the other way The father and mother who live beyond be ao OF } the | Le ul The Books for Merchants FOR SALE BY The Yradesman Company. HOW TO K a TORE, by Samuel ry; embodyir conclusions of t experi in mere} ‘ . HOW TO DO BUSINESS, by Geo. N. M secret of success in ret ae POISON tECO! : 2 rpose ae sti -| vanity of e ating wi jorh} ge 4 i treatment for the purpose of substitut vanity of compe ting with neighbors and | I he Sunda ay Sun A form of adulteration of teas which|ing one grade for another. More than] keeping up acertain style of living, or | is quite common is the coloring of the] ninety per cent. of the samples of ground | for private indulgence of any kind, need is the greatest Sunday Ne wer in the mw: . : s4gs y : : . . > imi Cc a0 Uday \OwsSpi 1 I U 5 leaves, apractice termed ‘‘facing.’? This] coffees purchased in the cities of Wash- | never expect to cultivate in their child rl ' consists in coating the leaves with a prep-| ington and Baltimore in ccnnection with honorable determination to owe no| world, aration usually composed largely of|the Department’s investigations, were | man anything. Price 5ca copy. By mail $3 a year. powdered soapstone with Prussion blue} adulterated. A few of the genuine ground 9 or Indigo for green teas and plumbago] coffees had little claim to this titleexcept| Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Address THE SUN, New York, H. EARLY, Pres. and Treas. DUNCAN & GILBERT, Gen’! Att’ys, Chicago. DORSEY, BREWSTER & HOWELL, W. H. DODGE, Sec’y and Gen’! Manager. HENLEY & SWIFT, Pacific Slope Att’ys, San Francisco. Southern Att’ys, Atlanta, Ga. GANNON, DONOVAN & SHEA, Western Att’ys, Omaha, Neb. BARTLETT & ANDERSON, New England Att’ys, Boston, Mass. he Merchants Retail Gommercia General Eastern Office, 911 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 2 wy New England Offiee, Boylston Build’g, 657 Canadian Office, 27 Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, Toronto, Ont. | Western Office, 413-515 Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. ; | Southern Office, McDonald Building, Ailanta, Ga. j } Pacific er Office, 31-32 Chronicle Building, San Francisco, Cal. Extract from Branch Constitution and By-Laws. Whenever an account against any person shall have been listed in the accounts issued by our General Agency, Agency as unsettled, no member with such delinquent, and the opening of such account by any member with such person shall be considered an offense } against this section and subject such member to an investigation by the Executive : f guilty he shall pay to such Board a fine of ! LARS for the sole use and benefit of this branch, and his neglect or refusal to comply with this demand shall make him liable to expulsion from said agency. Sec. 4. abstract of unsettled Secretary of this Branch by such ease open an account, without security, Board, and if found McCARTHY, INCORPORATED UNDER THE CAT UAT, FAD IN. Ba0,00 Office, 58 Dearborn St., OSLER, HOSKIN & CREELMAN, Canadian Att’ys, Toronto, Ont. LAWS OF ILLINOIS. ., i Washington St., Boston, Mass. or certified to the 1 shallin any ‘“ TWINTY DOL THE MERCHANTS etl Commercial Agency or CHICAGO 1 For re UMITED STATES COMPLET! | 23 DEARBORN ST The prese¢ nt en rolled and forty thousan to the Pacific a1 Its System of Operation i We and its combina money fora val irrespor isible } business man financial re sponsibility ask the rete uil me n | and i entcace ro Refere The and responsible Chieag nees: able merchant who has beer VU OT) Pr Secretary. liable are worth Chicago, is Origiz Stronger than Judge, Jury or Chi whol esale or 1 or is nOwW PCL Ills. =| Infallibly Protective, a and It Makes ’ em Pay. ‘cca OF Quserna0 Accounts, OF MIGHATORY DEBTORS stothis Age1 a ver o hundred nal, Positive, Legal : ¥ ie Sherif ro a and sehemes eharacter a subseri President. Stil adh Loe ey ne cig tay aay nel een i en eaaphanane A bm aie Finggap tn Se BME Se ee Drugs # Medicines State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Five Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Next meeting—At Bay City, Jan. 15 and 14, 1892. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. resident—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. : " cintendieate 5. E. Parkill, Owosso; L. Pauley, St. Ignace; A. 8. Parker, Detro Secretary—Mr. Parsons, lL etroit. Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit. i : Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzburg, Grand Rapid Frank Inglis and G. W. Stringer, Detroit; C. E. Webb, Jackson. o Next place of me¢ ting—Grand Rapids. Local Secretary—John D. Muir. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President. W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Esecott, Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of Marck June, September and December, Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. resident, F. 5. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith. Detroit Pharmaceutical Society President, F. Rohnert Secretary, J. P.Rheinfrank. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President. N. Miller; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. Parentage in Education. The lawyer and the surgeon must study their profession; the merchant must know the laws of commerce: the mechanic must learn his trade; it is only parents who accept duties they are quite ignorant of, and who give life ere they have compre- hended the laws that govern it. Does any of our schools and colleges include in its instruction on the duties of fathers and mothers? And yet the world, at its present stage of pro- gress, ought not to leave its children to “course” special chance—to ignorant mothers and care- less nurses and all the unconsidered cruelties born of ignorance and want of thought. There is something pitiful in seeing a young, thoughtless mother with an un- folding soul and body to deal with. What no knowledge is sufficient for. her in- experience accets with a confident pre- with- sumption. Is it any wonder that out consideration the natural emotions of children are checked, and their sense of right wounded? They are authoritative- ly forbid to play, though play isthe poetry of life. They are told ‘‘not to play though only chil- dren—or very good men and women—are fit to play with children. They are bid- den to do things with either threats or bribes. They are told medicine is not bitter, when it is bitter; or that some- thing will not hurt, when it does hurt. Parents insist on their children’s truth- fulness, and yet set amples of social and domestic equivoca- tion. first with other children;”’ them constant ex- They are reproved for crying, under pain, or for being angry under a they see their parents give place to unreason- sense of injustice, when every day able anger or annoyances. impatience with trifling Intellectually the ignorance of parents is frequently as fatal to the proper de- velopment of children. Primers are put into little hands, that ought to know only the hoop or the skipping-rope: for no child wants books until it has exhausted the wonders of the house, the streets and the woods. Whatcana primer teach a child in comparison with a mother who answers patiently the never-ending ques- tions of a curious child? bread? What a story she may tell of the wheat fields and the mill! A pinch of salt may make a fairy-tale of mines and miners. The log of wood, the bit of coal, the lump of sugar, the tea, the spice, the bunch of raisins — what wondrous things can be told of them! What does a child want with a book until these household tales are exhausted? And the Is she making |store windows and the | quiry is: THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. men building houses and the wonders of the sea-coast? Truly, the mother is the only primer the child needs until it is at least seven years old, and yet how often its questions are met with an injunction ‘‘not to bother” or a command to ‘“‘go to its nurse.” And yet children are the hope of the world. They come to us bearing gifts for posterity. Is it then, for fathers and mothers to be too sensible of the gravity and their possible, importance of stewardship for the future? AMELIA E. BARR. Ee eg aS Jealousy of the Rich. Jealousy of the rich is a growing and most dangerous habit. What aman has —his earnings—his accumulations are no longer his own. Unbalanced and unfair people form themselves into a committee for the management of other people’s es- tates. This foul thought strikes at the very roots of all industry and savings. The modest depositor in a savings bank equally with the millionaire is expected to stand and deliver when loafers make their demands. ‘In whatsoever state I am, therewith content”? is the grand old rule. Jealousy and covetousness are twins and both thieves. Yesterday a rich miser was attacked because he fork over. To-day a Wall street millionaire is wouldn't dynamited because he hesitates to draw his check fora million. To-morrow some- body else will be approached to make di- vision, to be forced against his will, into liberal and instant distribution. This is a great evil and the best medicine for its cure is honest hard undertaken. who has a V an X ora Cin his pocket hates all this kind of thing. Abraham Lincon used to say ‘‘Root, hog, or die.” Idlers and spend- work, contentedly Every man thrifts feel aggrieved when the industri- ous and the prudent refuse to divide with them. Hold Your Own. heaven. willing, No maiter to what we give our atten- | tion we find fierce competitors obstruct- ing our progress. Our course through this world is not a bed of roses. We found it so in the class at school, in our love affairs and in business circles. There | in our front is a competitor doing his | level best to take the plums away from | us. That worker is entitled to credit, | and he gets it sure, who stands well in his lot, defying those who would upset him. Thn wise merchant’s first and last en- How can 1 get customers and} keep them—keep them from my rival, who is offering large inducements to coax them away? One needs a clear brain, much keen thought and good plan- ning to hold his own in this cruel world. It is, indeed, no child’s play. Anywhere and in all things it is astruggle. Mr. So-and-so is a very nice gentleman, | | | I pleasant when met, but every time hej feels better inside his own skin when he} and not you sells the bill of goods at a | good profit. It is human nature. The wide-awake farmer doesn’t start | the morning to market to sell your load of turnips but to get ahead of you and sell his own. the line. A competitor keeps us astir. The orator, writer and songster aim to put their best foot forward and carry olf the prize against all comers. so early in It is so all along There is in this city five or six immense establish- ments from which family demands for dry goods and other articles are supplied. The windows and used in worth to bargain counters are for all they are hold Those who succeed in this creep gradu- ally to the top. The crowds going in are continually on the _ increase. crowds mean larger profits. these stores entice and customers. Bigger Suppose there is a vacancy anywhere. It may be in the pulpit, on the press, or in some large mereantile concern. There are many applicants, bnt itis the best gets there. And what harm can competitors do the best None at all. Be the best, then, and take the prize. energy, man who generally man? Hold your own by foresightedness and goodness. Be like a general with the foe in front of him. > ——— Business Healthy, But Not Booming. Those who expect a decided boom in business after the holidays, or any time during next year, for that matter, probably be disappointed. will Everything points to prosperous times, but an enor- mous buying movement is not likely to come, in any line. All things consider- ed, this is best for the country at large, and probably for individuals and firms. A good volume of business with reason- able profits and prime collections is to be preferred to a boom, during which buyers are apt to order in excess of their ability to pay, and which is bound to leave behind a corresponding season of depression. Booms make panics, as is plainly shown by the financial history of this and every other country. If we wish to avoid the latter evil, we should not too much encourage the former and tial, good. be phenomenal during the coming year, which is all the more reason for predict- ing that it will be good. i i lm The Drug Market. Opium is a trifle easier. Morphia is unchanged. Large sales of quinine at advanced prices have been made in New} par- Business does not promise to York and it is rumored that a combine is being formed by foreign markets. Bro- mide of potash is tending higher. CINSZENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Addross | PECK BROS., "Susi RaviBs” | Sehllin } ° | Sold by all druggists. NO. SdU. Greatest Seller on Karth! Dr. schilling’s FRENCH Send for Illustrated Catalogue. See price list in this journal. SCHILLING CORSET CO., Detroit, Mich. and Chicago, Il. SEEDS We carry the largest line in field and garden seeds of any house in the State west of Detroit, such as Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top; all kinds of Seed Corn, Barley, Peas, in fact any- thing you need in seeds. 4 We pay the highest price for Eggs, at all times. We sell Egg Cases No. 1 at 35¢e, Egg case fillers, 10 sets in a case at $1.25 a case. W. T. LAMOREAUX & 60., 128, 130, 132 W. Bridge St.,0 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Harrison’s Hair Hastener | Makes harsh and coarse hair soft, pliable and glossy. Prevents hair from splitting, eradicates dandruff, arrests falling hair and will thicken with new growth thin heads of hair. PRICE, $1 PER BOTTLE. Manufactured by C. B. HARRISON & CO,, SHERWOOD, MICH. Get What You Anke Pine! --HINKLEYS BONE LINIMENT-- FOR THIRTY-FOUR YEARS THE FAVORITE, Ev-aclosed in White Wrappers and made by D. F. FOSTER, Saginaw, Mich. @ < Ff a ‘% # % ie i * THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wholosalo ‘Price Cimieus. Advanced—Assofoetida. ACIDUM,. Aceticum ...... . = Benzoicum German.. 50@ 60 Boracic ..... on 20 Carholicam ........... REG W@W aan ............ a = Hydrochior .......---- 3@ 5 Nitrotiin ...-....:-- 10@ 12 Oxalicum ..-.... pe yecees 10@ 12 Phosphorium dil...... a Salicylicum ...-1 30@1 70 Sulphuricum. -. 14¥@ 5 Tannicum... cA 40@1 60 Tartaricum...-. 38@ 40 AMMONIA. Aqua, = deg 20 deg.. Carbonas Chicridum . ANILINE. Black.....---- .2 00@2 % Brown ue 80@)1 00 ee ket uetas . Se we Yellow ....-- ee oe Oe BACCAE. Cubeae (po. 90). 90@1 10 Juniperus \ s@ 10 Xanthoxylum 2 30 BALSAMUM. Copaiba 50@ 55 Peru @1 30 Terabin, C anada a 40 Tolutan . 50 CORTEX Abies, Canadian. i8 Cassiae -.- ea oe 11 Cinchona Flava. cae 18 Euonymus atropurp..---.--- 20 Myrica Cerifera, ae eee 20 Prunus Virgint. . . . & Quillaia, SC in 14 Sassafras ene 14 Ulmus Po (Ground 42). 10 EXTRACTUM Glye rrhiz a 9 a 24Gee 25 fies ' 33@ 35 Haematox, ie Ib. box. 11@ 12 1s 13@ 14 8 coaeee 14@ 15 ' WB... eee 16@ 17 FERRUM. Carbonate Precip. -- @ 15 Citrate and Quinia G3 50 Citrate Solubie.. @ % Ferrocyanidum Sol. @ 3 Solut Chloride + @ 15 Ss » com’ AQ * s sulphate, c 0 , pure FLOR . Arnica ... 220 25 Anthemis . i a 0G 50 Matricaria Ll. 2a a FOLIA, Barosma . we Cassia Acutifol, Tin ea nivelly y 2Q 2 Alx 5@ 50 Salvia officinalis, 48 ea and a. a . i 15 Ta ree.....--..-.- a@ 16 @UMML. Acacia, ist picked.. @ 80 . 2d Y : @ 60 . 3c " i @ 40 ' sifted sorts... a 30 ' po .-- 60@ 380 Aloe, Barb, (po. "60) 50 60 ‘ Cape, (po. 20) @ 12 ‘6 =Socotri, (po. 80) . 50 Catechnu, 1s, (48, 14 48, ......-....-- @ ! Ammoniae .....-.---- 5D 60 Assafcetida, (po. 35).- @ 28 Benzoinum.......- KD 5 Camphore i Euphorbium po Galbanum ( Gamboge, po......---- « Guaiacum, (po 30) @ Kino, (po. 25) . @ Mastic ... a. @ Myrrh, (po 45). @ Opi, (po. ao) ......-- 2 1°@2 Shellac .. ....-.--~-- 25@ . bleached 30@ Tragacanth ...... 30@ HERBA—In ounce packages. Absinthium ..... eee Lobelia. . Majorum ious Mentha Piperits ' Vir me, iu... Tanacetum, Vv. oe Thymus, V......-.+- MAGNEBIA. Calcined, Pat..... 55Q Carbonate, Pat...... 2@ Carbonate, K.& M.... 2™@ Carbonate, Jenning5 35Q OLEUM. Absinthicum iat es, ot oe Amygdalae, Dule .. 45Q@ Amydaiae, Amarae....8 00@8 Anisi . ..1 7%5@1 Auranti ‘Cortex. .. 2 80@3 Bergan ...... Lene e3 15@4 Yeats ible ee ya W@ Jaryophylli . 2b Cedar - ye aoa eS 3. ue sn Cingamonit ,..:..... NEE Go ose os vcs Sita 206. .:...:. Copaiba .. | Seidlitz Mixture @ Sinapis.. @ we, pt. ae @ Snuff, Maccaboy, De Voes ... . @ Snuff, Seotch, De. Voes a Soda Boras, (po. 12) 11@ Soda et Potass Tart 30@ a a... 14@ Soda, Bi-Carb \ @ Sse Sen ............ Se | Soda, Sulphas @ | Spts. Ether Co D Myrcia Dom @2 Myrcia Imp... @3 ' Vini Rect. bbl 2 27) 2 31@2 - | Less 5e gal., cash ten « days. Strychnia Crystal @1 Su iphur, a Ss ee Roll 24%@ : 35 | Tamarinds .... 10 | Terebenth Venice.. 36 | Theobromae Morphia, S. P. & W...1 95@2 2 : = m. X. ~ & c. Ce... ...1 G52 10 Moschus Canton. @ 40 Myretica, 4o.1....... 0 @ Nux Vomica, (po 20). @ 10 Os. Sepla.. _ 25 Pepsin Saac, H. & P. | Co .. ‘ 2 00 Picis Lig m. C., % gal wl | doz ' ‘ @2 0 | Picis Lig. . quarts @1 00 | ints @ 8 j Pil otene (po. S80). @ X Piper Nigra, (po. 22) m1 | Piper Alba, (po g5) @ 3] Pix Burgun. . @ 7 Plumbi meet ... 14@ 15] Pulvis Ipecac et opii 10@1 20 Pyrethrum, boxes H i a Pr. D. a doz. @1 25 Pyrethrum, pv 30@ : Quassine &@ Qui inia, 5. F. & WwW . 2a 2 S. German....c8 @ Wi Vv Rubia Tinctorum..... Iam 14! Saccharum Lactis py. @ % Salacin 1 60@1 65 Sanguis Draconis 10@ 5 ae 4 50 Sapo, W 12Q 14 i 10@ 12 __ @ @ 5 Janilla Zinci Sulph.. OILs. Bbl | Whale, winter 70 Lard, extra.. 55 hare, We. U.......5 45 Linseed, pure raw 36 } } ' ' 11 25 Lindseed, boil eo 39 42 18} Neat’s Foot, nter 30 strained os 50 60 Spirits Turpentine. . 39 45 35 | i 25 PAINTS bbl. Ib, 12) Red Venetian Ochre, yellow Mar 5 VARNISHES. rurp Coach....1 10@1 20 Turt 160@1 70 al | Body. ... 2 T5@3QOO ( Turp Furn 1 00@1 10 60 | Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 np . " Sd; Japan Dryer, No. 1 39; Turp 70 7B Declined —Ipecac. Cubebae ' i einer Exechthitos. 2! aapenduimn Erigeron . 26 Aconitum Napellis R 60 CEOs ........ 2. 20 c " a 50 Geranium, ounce.... Ales, 60 Gossipli, Sem. gal i “end my rrh. 60 Medecma ......... J Ce 50 une. .....-........ Asafce tida. i 0 Lavendula axa. oo | Atrope Bellador ee 60 Limonis... ar gp | Benzoin 60 Mentha Piper 50 | ' Ce 50 Mentha Verid 2 20@2 30 | Sauguinaria 50 Morrhuae, gal..... 1 00@1 10 | Barosma 50 Myrcia, ounce...... @ 50} Cantharides 7 Olive cee S5@2 7 Capsicum 50 Picis L iquida, (gal. 35) 10@ 12 Cu damon. 75 Ricini . eee A a Co.. . & Rosmarini. ae : Castor .. .1 00 Rosae, ounce... @6 50 | Catechu 50 Sutcini..... 410@ 45 | Cinchona ee 50 Rei ...... a Ay ce... 60 Fanta: |... 3 50@7 00 | Columba 50 Sassafras. .. 50@ 55} Conium 50 Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 65| Cubeba... 50 oo @1 00 | Digitalis 50 Thyme 40 50 | Ergot... 50 io opt @ 60} Gentian ......... 50 Theobromas........... 5@ Wi... ©®------------------- 60 C Guaiea 50 et ammon. 60 Bi Carb............. 15@ 18] Zingiber ... 50 Bichromate : . 13@ 14] Hyoscyamus 50 Bromide | 23 27 lodine 5 Carb a 12@ 15 Colorless nt Chlorate, (po. 16) ...... 14@ 16] Ferri C Shik ridum 35 Cyanide ...... x 55] Kino 50 Iodide _. ..2 80@2 90 | Lobelia 50 Potassa, Bitart, pt ire 28 30] Myrrh... BO Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15] Nux Vomica.. 50 Poetass Nitras,opt..... 8@ 0 /Opii. Q5 Potass Nitras... 7 9| * Gamphorated. BO Prussiate een 28@ 30 - Teodor, _. ‘ i 2 00 Suiphate po...... .... 15@ 18] aurantiCortex 50 RADIX. Coenee ........- 50 | Aconitam |... ... _. 20@ 25 | Rhatany 50 | Aine |, 95 30| Rhel.. ..........--.----- 50 Anchusa a 12@ 15 | Cassia Acutifol 50 Ara, BO eee aee | eo Co.. 50 Calamus Wn 40 Serpentaria 50 Gentiana, (po. 15) 10@ 12| Stromonium.. 60 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15) 186@ 18 60 Hydrastis Canaden, sa (po. 10) / @ 35| Veratri on Veride 50 lle e a, po 15@ 2 —— a, po ise = MISCELLANEOUS. Tpecac, pe........ 2 25Q@z 30 Ether Spts Nit, 3 F 26@ 28 Iris plox (po. 35@38) 35@ 40 “ 4F 30@ 3s Jalapa, pr i. 0@ 55 Alumen . es Maranta, 34s.. @ gr “ound (po. a po 15@ 18 7) eo 3@ 4 Rhei 75@1 00 Annatto . SQ Ot... @1 75 Antimont, po. - & vey THG1 35 et Potass T 55@ 60 Spigelia .... : i#8@ 53) Antipyrin. ' @1 40 Sanguineria, (po 25) @ Wi Antifeorin....... @ 2%] Serpentaria........ 33@ 35) Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 65 | —s ........ 40@ 45] Arsenicum am 7 Simllax, Officinalis, H @ 40} Balm Gilead Bud. 38@ 4 ] @ 2] Bismuth 8. N.. 2 10@2 2 Scillae, (po. 35). 10@ 12 Calcium Chlor, 1s, “(Ks Symploc arpus, Feti 11; 4s, 12). @ dus, po @ 35/| Cantharides ‘Russian, Val leriana, ‘Eng. (po. 30) @ B Be... @i 20 “ TE ccna apa I apsict Pructas, ‘af. @ 2] gib er a 1KQ Lo ‘ po... & 25 Zingiber j 18@ * | oe @ 20| gEMEN Caryophyllus, (pe. 15) 12@ 13 Anisum, (po. 20) @ 15} Carmine, No.40....... | @3% Apium (graveleons) . 20@ 2z bai Alba, S.&F..... 50@ 55| Bird, t4.:.. |. 4@ 6| Cera Flava 38@ 40 Carui, (po. 18) s@ 12 | Coecus . @ 40 Cardamon 1 00@1 25 Cassia Fructus @ 2 Corlandrum....... 10@ 12] Centraria.........-... @ 10 Cannabis Sativa. 14@5 | Cetaceum ........-.-.- 2 4 Cydonium.... ... T@i 00 | € hloroform aes Cn oe Chenopodium ......... 10@ 12 squibbs QI 2 Dipterix Odorate...._.2 10@2 20 | Chloral Hyd Crst......1 25@1 50 Foeniculum.. i @ 15| Chondros.....--- --». — = Foenugreek, po... 6@ §| Cinchou {dine, P. & W 15@ 2 OE cet cctee: 4 @4% German 3 @ 1 Lini, gra, (bbl. 3%) 4 @ 4% | Corks, list, dis. per i Lobelia a 3 40) cons ce 6 Pharlaris Canarian 3%@ 4% | Creasotum ... @ 50 Rapa ...... it 6@ 7 | Crete, (Ob. 75) @z Sinapis, Albu se 9 prep. 5@ 5 ‘ Nigra 1Hi@ 12 precip a 11 : Rubra @ SPIRITUS. ia 30@ 35 Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 W0@2 50 Ae be @ 2 iL D.F.R . THQ? ” Caml Saige. ........:. 5@ 6 : ccm} WGI SD | Dextrine ..........---- 10@ 12 Juniperis Co. a2... : Tees = Ether Sulph.. 68@ 70 eres RQ vy rey y Saachsrum N. E .-1 75@2 00 me - numbers.. 7 “rage . oRane po..... @ 6 oe oa Sane 1 75@6 50 | Ergota, (po.) 70 65@ 70 Vil EOD wan seco se mK e . 5 iy 1 25@2 00 | — © ee OWE Gee 7@68 : cgi | Gelatin, Cocper....... @ 7 Florida sheeps’ wool | i | 66 French........ 40@ 60 carriage 2 50 | Glassware flint, 70 and 10. gprs i essall “woo om|. by box 60and 10 a ~ ~ Velvet extra sheeps’ | Glue, Brown 9 15 wool carriage. ..... * _ White.......... 13 2 Extra yellow sheeps’ | Glycerina ............-154@ 20 Carriage ...... Grana Paradist.. a 2 2 sheeps’ W . eee... ......- z 55 Se a ca 65 | Hydraag Chlor Mite. @ W Hard for slate use.... 7B | Co @ 80 Yellow Reef, for slate ni Ox Rubrum @1 10 wag 1 40} 7 Ammoriiati. @1 10 | . Unguentum. 4@ 55 SXYRUPS. | Hydrargyrum .... @ 75 Aes .......- 50 | Tchthyobolla, Am .1 25@1 50 ae 50 Indigo SS Se as 75@1 00 Ipecac.....--.--- 60 | Iodine, Resubl........3 76@3 85 i ss ewe cone 56 | Todotorm. ... ..-.. ena @4 70 Auranti wo Sete ula 50 | Lupulin.. 35@ 40 Rhei Arom.. 50 | Lycopoc dium . 40@ 4h Similax Otticinalis.. os 60 | Meee 75@ 80 Ono. 50 | Liquor Arsen et Hy- Senega eet ew eden 50 avare iod............ @ Ww Seillae ak eed ae See saa 50 | Liquor PotassArsinitis 10@ 12 ~~ | a 50 ——— or - i a as as ait uc 1%)..- om een 2@ 3 Peunes i. :. 5 6-26-35 5 2-s 50 | Mannia, 8. F......... #@ 45 HAZEL TINE Paints, Oils % Sele Agents for the Celebrated & PERKINS DRUG CO. Importers and Jobbers ef DRUGS CHEMICALS AND PATENT MEDICINES. DEALERS i® SWI88 WILLA PREPARED PRINTS. We are Sole Propricters of Weatherly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy. We Save in Stock and Offer a Fall Line of WHISKIEBS, BRANDIES, GINS, WINES, RUMS. We seli Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and@ Guarantee Satisfaction. Ail orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive chem. Sead in a trial order. azelting & Perkins Drug Go, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. & Varnishes, Fal Line of Staple Drugg'sts’ Sundries. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. G ., P i. Cc : Oyster. Whitefish. | Pure Ground in Bulk. rocery rice urrent. See ee 38 | No. 1, % bbls., 100Ibs........7 50 | Allspice .... ..--.-+++--+-+++- 15 re Oat peg ; * | Ho. 1, kits, leit. see sod 00 | Cassia, Batavia............. A ie ee ea | Family, 4 bbis 100 Ibs... 3.00 | and Saigon .25 The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered buyers who pay promptly ARERR GSE RRAREAT | «kits 10 Ibs......... 50 | “ eigen ........-.... 35 and buy in full packages i : | teniotly pure............... St seer | | Cloves, Amboyna........... 30 ull j ges. | Telfer’s Absolute.......... 35 | FLAVORING EXTRACTS. «Zanzibar... .20 Grice... 2, .. 10@15 | Jennings’ D C. | Ginger, Atreen css... 115 - oe : : | Lemon. Vanilla | f Coen... e. 18 / a : : DRIED FRUITS. | 20z folding box... 75 : 25 | . Jamaica ........... 20 APPLE BUTTER | Damsons, Egg Plums and Green Santos. Domestic. | 3 02 -.1 00 1 50 | Mace Batavia............... 80 40 Ib. pails 5 | Gages. ee ca | 4 0z . ..-1 50 2 00 | Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .25 20 Ib. pails ..... ol ee Ot SiGe 17 | sur dried. jteca te bhi | 6 0z if ...2 00 3 00 | MN 6s ses sescss 27 Mason’s, 10,200r20lbs.... 6 Ciiieitneidion, Re ee Z a o pois. 5. |S oz “ ...8 2 4 60 Nutmegs, No. 2 ...........-- 65 “ 'pIb......-. cee COMIN. cthon pete ac 1 10| Peaberry ............. <-- Sl Sengeesiek ie, beens Canc | GUN POWDER. | Pepper, Singapore, black. .. .20 AXLE GREASE. Peaches. Mexican and Guatamala. a _ APRICOTS. ee 5 50 | ss Cayenne white. ae Graphite. aa 21 oe er... on | curtamares ” DAES....... ae LO ae 20 5; gr. cases, per gr..... $8 50} a aN iio... 2 | Evaporatedin boxes. ... 11%} Hae een SS oo 12 ve Ib. pails, per ia... - i Pere... 1 30 Fancy eS cnee os ce -lsaom e a See | Sage ama - Absolute” in Packages. » oh . > On | e 3 a a a 25 1b. ae +12 O etree ae @2 2 aia | arrels ss eree eens an | Hops.....--0 esses. 25 | allspice .. * iy 250 Ib. % bbls., per Ib...... 334 | Domestic. te 1.25 | ETUC... .--- 2. esses reese DD | NECTARINES. INDIGO, |Cinnamon........ .... 84 155 i 400 1b. bbis., per lb ai, | seca og OO - (wr pee... ....... 7% | Madras, 5 1b. boxes ...... 55 | Cloves ae 55 4S., pe Si Riverside......._.. 2 95 | 0 £ . % oR. 2 Cloves 11. et 2 Badger. | Phone an coe Java | 25 Ib. boxes.............. 8 @8% ., 2, 3. and 5 Ib. boxes.. 50 | vinger, jam Le 84 155 er. cases, perer..........86 3D ee SE oo | _ PEACHES. | JELLY. a 84 1 55 Bic th. pails, perdos. ..... 7 00; Common........ ...- : 120) pea | “e---so-ee 6| Peeled, in boxes - » | Mustard Ca 84 155 & “s “ a en <. aan ; ~ooeek.............2 la cis Chicago soods......... @3 rave . SI ty 11171 10,m0 | Johnson's sliced ... ‘ae. es tee ae | Mason's, 10,20 and 30 bs... 6 | P@PPer -..-.---.----- 81 1 0 oe ie oor ib oi 3% | grate 2 73 ides | eae j « i. 4: CS — cc. | ooen ote 84 ee ee ec | on uinces, ” ' HE once | 400 Ib. bbis., per 1b. -.. © | Cmeon .. eg r 1 20 | Deaton .......... a | California in bags ..... 7 @8% | p LICORICE. 2% | SUGAR. E oo Aral i 26 bes Pee 30 | BAKING POWDER. enphnnehe. | Arabian. a | PITTED CHERRIES. lonletee LL ee ieee @ 5% Acme, \ Ib. cans,3 doz ... | | wea 1 30 ROASTED. re | oe @ 1% ‘ ee BS oe 33 | Black Hamburg. cue 150| To ascertain cost of roasted 50 Ib, boxes .... +42... 11% | LYE. ae Powdered .......:.-. . @ 4% : R os ee . Erie. black 1 40 nie, oe8 Se. perlb.forroast-|/*2 ss -"* eter eee 12 ©) Con@ionsded, 2 Got. .........- 1 ee: saree 44@4.19 * ak... oe . ng and 15 per cent. for shrink- | PRUNELLE vn Confectioners’ A...... 41,@4 19 Telfer’s, 4 lb. cans, ‘doz. 45 emigiatmitaine an. | 91h bie coe Cin ct A ui ‘@ 4 es % Ib. 85 Lawrence oe i or kon [a0 sD. DOEOS... |... 12% | pe : ee nena ES Nae ne | 65 | Pear xtra C.. ee @ 3% - 1 lb. a 150 Hamburgh el 2 22] arbuckle’s Ack ‘ox | RASPBERSIES. leo ohn nets ---1 70 | apes C4 en. @ 3% Arctic, % DB cans... .....- 60 | Erie.. ete 15 MeLaughlin’s 3 Xxxx. 19% ihe. .. "v ‘ mgr Se eee a 1 10 ee ne @ 3% a. cee Whortleberries. ee 19% | 501b. boxes............. ae or Yellow es ana e @ 3% i ae ® hee viel 140 peace ae 18° | MINCE MEAT Less than bbls. 4¢ advance ' 0 ri - < . a ne " a . 7 , Ww or | . ra si a x Red Star, ¥ cans - 40 Tayler - a = Valley a — SEEDS. ; WwW soe r mm . oo 4 5 1U Ts ia ic. Ue cpa | Hummel's, foil. Bn oma Arita oy A mi Tanga - 150 | Patras, in barrels. @ 4% Canary, Smnyrna. ..... 3% 3 BATH BRICK. Corned beef, Libby’s.......1 8 Ce <2 in 4 -Dbis...... 434 | Caraway ...... : oe j 2 dozen in case. Roast beef, Armour’s....... is 7 in less quantity @ 514 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 2 English ....... a go | Potted ham, % Ib --+-1 50 vee PEEL Hemp, Russian....... 44% 6 Bristol. i i i 3 | aD... OO ee 414 | Citron, Leghorn, 25 1b. boxes 21 Mixed Bird ......... 144@ 5'5 a Domestic : a et ee ~>. . 1 00; Ged... ee ts ‘ 10 Mustard, white ....... 5 = » >} ' oc p | nd BLUINE. Gross . chicken iu Ona a 4 | CLOTHES LINES. renee 2 iy Y 11) — cn ene 6 4 I Ce basen | : ‘ Bee a Arctic, — ovals.. weereee & » | VEGETABLES. Cotton, 8 ca doz. : = Seecceen, | 3or6 doz. in case per doz..1 00| Cuttle bone .......... 30 3 pints, round....... “10 50 Beans. ri ee! 1 60 nen a 2 Pee ate 60 wen car dene STARCH. : No. 2, sifting box... 2 75 | Hamburgh stringless.......1 25 . eee f, tenet oe 4 pall ee ale Corn. ‘ / “ Ma.5, ee French style.....225|_ “ SOft....... “ 190] oer ttt: oe a ee mS | ob , 4 : owe & ss 8 00 | ‘ T Sinae 1 40 | Jute 6 ft Lo 9p | Loose iecisatata boxes.....1 50 | Half galion...... ican sees hk ae DOXES.....-..-+ +. ---. 6% a H oe oe ss = Limas............ 1 40 x ge 90 | “ 70 1b bags 5'4@6 | Quart ...... . ON 6% 4 : ee 4 50 | Lima, green Se 100) Foreign. Pint . 45 ql é } BROOME. tue : Mt sor = CONDENSED MILK, | Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes .7 @ 7% | Half pint ..... Sa 40} 41H ackages a 6 ; : oe eid... ....... AS fae eee I os 4 doz. in case. |Sultana,20 10 @12 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. 3h De BOB... eee eee eee ee : : } No.1- .............----- 20 | World's Fair 1 35 — ge ga i aay 7 40| Valencia, 20 “ .. 64@ 7 otros ee 7 0) 6b ae 6% & 7 9% 9 oF 4 ° « * i. . cee ¢ a y se a ee ih ak We i ‘a Ho. ta gua aa ae + oe ——. on = PRUNES. oe be etesas cess 4 pi 40 and 80 Ib. cee 4% ; i Parlor Gem..... es 2% ee 1 2)| American Swiss. ....... 7 00 | Bosnia.. + -, @ Piast .. a |. oS 3g t SrTeis.....-.- ™ Shee aaa nine 434 3 i Common Whisk. ee ante ems Toe men nese 1 California, 90x10 2 25 1b bxs.. 9 en . a ee UFF. i i 2€ tooo. 1 90 | Euatity , 80x) . . 04, ' iS cotch, in bladders..... ae § Fancy a 139 | Honey Dew COUPON i ‘ 74 XS0 ‘“ "934 | Blackstrap. Maccaboy, in jars.. - 35 3 i Warehouse. 2% Bis =~ T™ : 60x70 " 93g | Sugar house cesees ss seeeces 14 | french Rappee, in Jars.....43 } eG . urkey eel : Cuba Baking. ; BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. Hamburgh a as Ordinary 16 sauce f rect . . Jur : . Box } Rising Sum... ... — 6 © i XV ELOPEAS Porto Rico. jj. = | BOKES...........0.0 2265 eee 5he ; York ae. el an nee 4c ha uinpion ‘Eng : : ee Oe | Es Ee ao ve @1 85 ee 15 iS Pumpkin. is. | . ae -. i Coin. zanna D> ©9 | 56 lb, dairy in linen bags.. 50 f FISH. ery aay 90 #10, cae 4 00 | wind 1 00 Half barrels 300 tea @2 65 28lb. ‘ nan 18 ' Clams. Squash a caamac 5 00 ROLLED OATS. Warsaw. ; Little Neck, 11b.. 1 10 “Hubbard ee i 1 30 | “Superior.” F ARINACEOUS GOODS. | Barrels 180... ........ @4 85 56 1b. dairy in drill bags... 35 “ - se... 1 90 | oo. _ 191 per hundred........... 2 50 Farina. Half bbls 90. : @2 65 =a. ‘“ eo ae Clam Chowder. [aie 1 40 ; > . eee 2 on) 200 1b. eee. 4 PICKLES. Ashton. : s : ‘oo. —- Ss $ 3, ge Ge i Medium. eater ba 88 ov ; — ae 30 | — Secnaenetenttnsrs : s B5 a - : = | acs Hominy. << Barrels, 1,200 ee 84 59 | 96 Ib. dairy in a sacks.. 75 ea cere ee ace ele ete ee cee eer ) ‘ +“ | DAITCIS .ccrccccccccccceves 7 c . o” s . i Standard, 1 Ib. cual miele _ De Lo oo Cee ee 450 Half barrels, 600 count.... 2 7 |56 1p, dairy in linen sacks. 75 } 20)| Excelsior ........ 1 00 -~_~c/zzjiiizics oe Lima Beans. Small. 56 Ib ee Rock, i | Ecli secs eikesimeanen Barrels, 2.400 ¢ aaa ce Ee a rae % ; na a ee ey ere ; = Deted. .. 24.5; aes 5 a =o {ane coud mB 3 = Saginaw and Manistee. ; Star, 1 i. Slag | Maccaroni and Vermicelli. lh Common Fine per bbl..... : Picnic, 1 2 Wb... eee 8 = = | Domestic, 12 Ib. box... 55 | Clay, No. 216 : SALERATUS. ig 2 > Ib TT 3 00 | CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S. ‘iniverual >? ee 1 ee es can 75 Packed 60 lbs. in box. e na | German Sweet oe 22/3 1, per hundred.......... $3 00 Pearl Barley. Cob, No. 3... ae Charen's@ .... ....-....- #3 30 ' : ' _. | Premium... ............ 36 | 8 2, " LE eT @3% . Le DOME --+- -s----s+----+ BD : Standard, Ib. ee : 38 | $ 3, - at 4 00 ais POTASH. WEee es... 2... -2e -« ae : a : 2 ce 2 00 | Breakfast Cocoa........ 40 | 3 5, Ce ... 500 Peas. Babbitt’ 48 cans in case, as ee ae 3 00 t Mus . ‘ ue 3 ( , “ tree t F and Bis eee yee é etens ib. 4 : - ae CHEESE. a on oe 00 one bu 1 ten Sa need 1 Soe dal ate SOAP. Soused, 3 lb....... 3 00 | Norway amaucay per 2% ahewes prices on coupon caus a Sago. 7 RICE. osteo = ak se 50 i Salmon. ee @ a are subject to the following | German............. _. 4% Domestic vountry, 80 1-1b. bars. .o3 ot : s¢-tdinecaegge al danl a n l @12% quantity discounts: ~ | East India 5% ae Good Cheer, - 1 Ib. bars.. 3 90 } Columbia Riv er, flat 1 90 — ee oeeeeeee @12 eines aac oe ‘ | “Wh ae v=) Caron mead.......-:....... 7 Bonner, 100 %-lb. bars.... 3 00 : alls. iio... @10 --+e+ee+- 5S per cent, | reat. " pet... .6 r i Alaska, 1 Ib......... ieee. Ory cond ee » * Coereee, oc. i 5 eae ae @5 sYRUre, e “yA 2 10| Edam ..... ca @1 00 | 1000 * bee seen me ee crea See Corn. Sardines. | ae ee ee ee @10 COUPON PASS BOOKS. FISH--Salt. Imported, Beit pig uae as wa American ¥4s.... 5 | a auas sie ier uae @35 |1|Can be made to represent any | y ; Bloaters. Japan, No. 1.... ..-. ---..--. 6 inn Pasian ee A... Schweitzer, imported. ge, | denomination from $10 down. | | ence aaetnet te 110 NO.2.... .. ......5.4- 5% | pair 45 Imported 48..... : 11g 12 | tala gga G13 20 books............ ----8 100} ponock Cod. Java...... Pt ee ee 68 3@1‘ " oe LT ea) eee ue 3y | Patma..........--..-0+-+0--- 5 Ce re ¢ Mustard 45 ok @8 CATSUP. 100 ce a 4 sheet Grand Bank... 6 ask SAUERKRAUT. Choice ole tae ee * " { pin common oo. ee ee R251 4 bless, Dric + co oe or" $3 5 " Trout. _| Pint : Viet oe ee cai p 00 | Boneless, strips.. ..... 74@8 Silver Thread, a a . = Ginger Snaps........-. 8 Brook,3 Ib...... secerese-- 50] Quart tine * ee Halibut. da saa ig Sugsr Creams......... 8 FRUITS. Half pint, iene eo 1 25 ' Bapobed es, 12 enrages Wrosted Creams. .-...- % e Apples. | Pint ' ee CRACKERS. Herrin | Kitchen, 3 doz. in box. .. 250] Graham Crackers..... 8 _York State, gallons. . 2 59 | Wart ee i 3 00 Butter. ae P gy | Hand 3 ... 250} Oatmeal Crackers.... 8% : Hamburgh, / 2501, CLOTHES PINS, oe ES 6 Hotend, Ois........- 19 00 | [ " SPICES. 7 : Apricots. | 5gross boxes............... 40 | Seymour XXX, cartoon... ‘ 3 85 | : TEAS. ila ah a COCOA SHELLS. Wee SEE 2 50 F Whole Sifted, Santa Cruz... 2 00 | 35 1b. bags.......... @3 caied te ae cartoon...... 72 | 1 50 | Alispice.. e+ 8® saPan—Regular. Lask’s...... ey 2 59 | Less quantity .......... @3% | se aod ZX. srecee BY Mackerel. | Cassia, C hina in mats...... 8 | Fair .............--++-. @i7 > SEALS hea dhy UMLVUOLL 4.444. ME. eee 1 9 es 2 50/5 ound capa 6x@ 4 | Salted ERX, ‘cartoon 6% ee . Batavia in bund 25 ee @20 wtetecctereee 190)" -+++--+ 64@@7 | Kenosha. -................. 7% | NO. 1, % bbls. 90 Ibs........11 00 ‘© Saigon in rolls......35 | Ghoice.............-.--24 @26 Blackberries. COFFEE. Re ii pe eee eee om sg No.1, kits, 10 Ibs... --+ 1 25| Cloves, Amboyna...... ----22 | Ghoicest........-- 1.32 @3A ae. 90 | ae oe has 6% | Family, } L4ibbls., 100 Ibs.... 5 50 Tansuee..... ......% ‘3 ee ee @12 ee 0 | "To. ie Kits. 10 The........ 75 | Mace Batavia....... ae N CURED " Cherries. ee ae a eee... | Sardines, Nutmegs, Wot Leave vnuaues = ie 6U . és Be penne 1 90 | Good..0°0° 0000S oh To ones soeeee ty | Bussian, ae apes ehgreee Me ee ea Stee Gon ue enc SS ii ne aaa s Letina a leah oe | ae een te eek HOO .. - 6. esse reese es : ; ee 1 69 | Golden. one Soda, Duchess eae oe rout. Pepper, singapore, black....15 nie ee cy 4 @%6 a 1 30] | Peaberry _ ie eS = ee ein ot "790 10 | No. 1, 4 bbls., 100lbs........ 5 75 .- 2 | Choicest.........:-.-.- 32 @34 th) a= on ah ware = Se 0 oe ption Fiakes.. .......,10 ~ Ne. ‘ kits, 10 Fos da scuc dO es ian et ae iiss peace eee ee en a a a ~ cl is : - = = wesc apn te mn ne rr oma gem ow mee : ~ et weenie a a. . a wai ob te a 4 + ‘ 5 by BASKET FIRED. ee eee 18 Choice. . Cc hoicest. . Extra choice, Wire leaf GUNPOWDER. Common to fair.......25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @65 Choicest fancy........75 @85 OOLONG. @26 Common to fair... 23 @30 IMPERIAL, Common to fair....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Common to fair.......18 @2é Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. @Q22z tae 24 @28 DR oe oe clase ee 40 @50 TOBACCOS. Fine Cut. Pails unless otherwise noted. Hiawatha 60 Sweet Cuba. 34 McGinty ..... ae 24 . a, DOIS....... 22 Little. Darling. a. 22 16 bb a %) TO i eee en ee ' 20 Wao, 36 DDI... .... <5. 19 Valley | City......... 33 Dandy Jims........ 27 Woes, ........,-. 20 40) 17 22 25 Mera Wa 28 Old Style. .... 31 Old Honesty ore. 4 ally TAL......-....5- 32 Hiawatha, ...... oe 37 Valley City ....... 34 Jas. é. Butler & Co.’ 's Brands. Something Good...... Toss Up.. Out of Sight.. Smoking. Lea 26 -.20 Boss. . - " Colonel’s Choice.. Warpath ...... os Banner ..... Ring Bee...... Kiln Dried... Nigger Head... Honey Dew.... Gold Block.... Peerless... ....- oo Uncle Sam...... Tom and Jerry.... Brier Pipe... ..... ‘ 3 Yom Sam........... be old 32 Red Clover... an Nevy...,.........,.. see 32 Handmade...........-. --40 Pie... SS VINEGAR. BE ewan enna Sear.....- $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD. Bik, peraal ....... --..- Beer mug, 2 doz incase... 1 7 yEAstT—-Compressed. Fermentum per doz. cakes.. 15 A sondicel 2 FRESH M EATS. Swift and Company quote as follows: Beef, Carcass...... . 4 @ SK hind quarters «3S @é + feo 8 @ a " loins, No. 3.... 74@ 8 We ce @7z e @ 5 . toneues......-..- @ Boecee |... :. @ 5 } 38 | Weal... FISH and OYSTERS Pork loins.... . @ 6% shoulders . @ 4% Sausage, blood or head @5 liver.. @ 5 Y Frank fort @i Mutton .... Bs @ Fox, “ red.. cross... grey... Lynx... M: irtin, dark pale & yell Mink, dark Muskrs at | Oppossum... Otter, dark | Raccoon F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as | follows: FRESH FISH Whitefish @10 Tree ..... @10 Halibut @i7 Ciscoes. ... @ 5 Flounders @ 9 | ! @12 Mackere!.. ia ..15 @2 Cod... @12 California salmon @18s oYsTERS—Bulk. Standards, per gal Selects, , Clams Shrimps Scallops c OYSTERS—Cans. ~~. Counts @35 J. D. Selects @20 Select We cl @2 e F. D So @2 Anchor... .. Loy S18 MeanaarGs .......... @16 Favorites.... @i4 SHELL Oysters, per 100 ....... =a Clams. 75@1 00 @oonps, POULTRY. Local dealers pay for dressed fowls Spring chickens...... 2° @10 Loto ' 7 @s Turkeys eves kk Gee ees .........,....,.18 2 eeee .......... 11 2 OILs, | The Standard Of] Co. quotes as follows, inbarrels, f. o. b. Grand Rapids: |W. W. Headlight, 150 | Water White, | Michigan Test.... fire test (old test) | Naptha Gesotne ..........._.. | cynnder ..... 27 | Engine ene ie | Idek, 25 to: 30 deg | HIDES, PELTS and FURS i | Perkins & Hess pay as fol lows: HIDES. een... ae 3 @4 Pare Cured. ....-. @4% se @5 re... ts ee 5 @6 Kips, green 3 @4 © €erea....,....... @5 Calfskins, — a 4@5 ured. ._& @s Deacon ain ae eee 10 @30 No. 2 hides \ off. PELTS. Shoeriinis...,..-..-..4 10 @25 | Lambs Lasves.ce. coe Ge WooL Weanee............-. Ge Unwashed . ..10 @20 | Badger .... MISCELLANEOUS, Tallow . .. B%4@ 4 Grease butter. _. @ea Geilttne oo... 14%@ 2 Ginseng 2 0O@2 50 FURS. Outside prices for No. 1 only 50@1 00 ae 15 00@30 00 Boaver ...2..:.......3 = 00 Ca wod............. oe 60 * house 1 vA | Fisher....... | Bolted. ; 1 60 | for vice stock, | Granulated. . 1 90 even atti | FLOUR. -Hubbar¢ | Straight, in sacks 4 90 "otatoes— 32. | “é barrels. 5 00 - : | Patent sacks 5 90 ' oT | Ha barrels. 6 00 | Graham sacks 2 30 | Rye . 2 65 | MILLSTUFFS. | Bran... 18 00 PROVISIONS. | Screenings 14 00 Middlings. .. 2100} The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. Mixed Feed 19 50 1) / | Coarse meal 19 50 | quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. CORN. Mess, new. Car lots ee 47 Short cut .. Lose Gian car iots......... 50 Extra clear, pig, g, sk hort cut _ | an xtra clear, heavy. eee eee 4 fete a Clear, fat back. .... : me | Car lots .- 39 Boston clear, short cut. a2 Less than car lots 38 Clear back, short cut............ 1. ee HAY Standard clear, short ent, Bese 13 50 No. 1 Timothy, car lots. ...14 00 saUSA@E—Fresh and Smoked. | No. 1 ton lots 15 90 | pork Sausage. . 6% [.. Ham Sausage. aa 9 | PAPER & WOODENWARE Toneue Ce 9 | oe Frankfort Sausage (7 a Paint Blood Sausage. . Lo _3 SUTAW wee cee eee ee eee ee 1% | Bologna, str night. a . 5 Rockfal --2 | Bologna, thick.. . 65 cd sugar... trees = ue Head Cheese. : 5 aang i ° rh | nann—-Ketde Rer ndered ve | Dry Goods.... "5Y%@6 WPPCON i ee ee a w% Jute Manilla.. LT Rf REIS ie eisai a ain cine aa sn a aise 1% Red Express out. DP ala aha O34 Ne. 2...... ..4% LARD. ‘Com pound, | TWINES | Seerees ...... 54 [ae Cclian ............ 93 «| 20 and 50 1b. ahie. 5dg | Cotton, No. 1 Co 18 3 lb. Pails, 20 in a Ccase..... 614 ee cae ee 16 | 5Ib. Pails, 12 in a case... 6% Sea Island, eS 35 | 101b. Pails, Gin a Case..... 644 Na Seem ............ 15 20 lb. Pails, 4in a case.. 534 RO ee aie 15 | 30 1b. Cans - ++ -5%% 5% : ee BEEF IN BARRELS. hiring lanes | Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs....... |. 6 oO | Tubs, _ es as 2 00 | Hesieca Mose. Chicago packing................ 6 W ee 6 00 | Boncloss, ramp putts... ................. 10 00 . No. Oa 5 00 SMOKED MEATS—C fanvassed or Plain. Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1m Hams, average mh 83; ‘© No. 1, three-hoep.... 1G 16 Ibs.. ee cee nas Vg Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... “ 12 to 14 Ibs. 935 Bowls, li ineh.............. 1 peeese st 615 ee as 1 - Gealooneien |. .........2.... 8% | r 15 2 ew .. 64 Cee 2 75 | Breakfast Bacon, boneless. 81s cmuaea 17s and 19s 250| Dried beef, ham prices 8 ‘“* 15s, 17s and 19s 2 75; Long Clears, heavy........ 64 Baskets, magreet,........... Briskets, medium. q shipping bushel.. 1 2v | i light . 7 | fall hoop * _t baat... 15 | willow cl’ths, 7. 5 SS ——————————— | - e e No.2 6 | « « Nos7|\Crockery & Glassware | « splint * els | . . No.2 4 % ' No.3 5 ( as follows | 4 010M 00 | — vO. | Skunk Wolf. Beaver castors, lb. DEERSKINS Gray . Red and blue GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS WHEAT. (58 lb. test) test) 1 White . 1 Red (60 Ib, MEAL, No Per pound ..1 00@1 60 | PRODUCE MARKET. .3 00@5 00} -- OG (| ne 00@. > OO ..1 OCG ’ wy apples —Dall and slow of sale. Hol Ss $1.75 B ind quiet. Dealer “dd and cot picked Loca LAMP BURNERS. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF PURE-;-BUGKWHEAT-;-FLOUR And would be pleased to send you sample and prices. PRESENT PRICE, A. SCHENCK &@ SON, ELSIE, MICH. #4 IN SACKS. LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 doz. in box. CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS, The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as-follows: K CANDY. We Bbls. Pails lb 6 + ) i { ‘ 9 7 8 q 8 Dp We Bbls Pails 6 7 0 i in q 8 " 8 7 8 7 8 ba 4 9 : 13 PaNcy—In bulk. | Full Weight. Bbis. Patlls, L02 - 10 ' printed...... Meue. 10 11 Chocolate Drops.. a 12 Chocolate Monumentals . 13% Gum Drops Le i. a 6 Moss Drops... et 8 Sour Drops.. _ ! iM bg Imperials 9 10 FaNcy—lIn 5 1b. boxes. Per Box. Lemon Drops be eas ae ee \ 55 Sour Drops ... iC Meta epee ce pesa 55 Peppermint Drops 65 Choe OS ee 70 M. Chocolate Drop “ae on Drops... eer Licorice Drops. hae 1@- A. B. Licorice Drops Le ee ee ea ge 80 Lozenges, Plain... 2.2... 1 cece we new eee 65 printed wu Imperials..... - 65 Rae Ny Creams War... ....... oS 60 Molasses Bar ' i. . 0d Hand Made Creame “85@95 Plain Creams..... . .80@90 Decorated € res ums 1 00 String Rock oo cee Burnt Almonds.. ee etn eu ee ee 1 00 Winterercen Berrien.................. . 05 CARAMELS. No. 1, w Trappe OO eee 34 ho. 1, 3 ese al alate 51 No. 2, ni 2 28 No. 3, ' = ie la : cus 2 Siene uy, Op. tomes... .-.......... 1 ORANGES. Fioridas, fancy... a . ..2 26@3 00 LEMONS, Messina, choice, 360 @4 00 . fancy, 360. ..... @4 £0 choice 300. a fancy 300..... @5 00 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Figs, fancy layers, cm... 2. Leas @li4 ' ' oe .. a 14 @15 extra ct 10. .... ‘aaa sie @16 ‘ * 20% @li% Dates, Fard, 10-lb, box @ 9 Ss tin” .. @s Porsian 0G 1b. UGe.............. @ 5% NUTS Almonds, T Tarragona. @17 ' = vaca bed ule Ge ae ae cued Cau cuen @ e RLifory iia. @16 Brazils, aig oe T%@ 8 Cn... @13% | Walnuts, Ce @14% | Marbot @ CH... @10 Table Nuts, faces .......,..... .-.... @14 { enoiee. |... |... 114.@13% Peeuas Terese HF, .c....., 1... 14 @l6 | Cocoanuts, full sacks @4 00 t PEANUTS. | Fancy, H. P., Suns. eae @ 5% a ee i ee Fancy, H. P., Flags bode eeu as @ 5% “ . 4 Roasted. .........0... 0 Ge tae | Choice, H. P., Extrag...... a @ 4% | . . Roasted............6 @6% No. ee 6 ee 17 | No.1 . La .1 8§ j No.2 * Bi ye | First quality | No. 0 Sun, crimp top 2% 20 | No. 1 23 40 iNe.2 “ _ 3 40 EXX Flint. | No. 0 Sun, crimp top...... 2 60 ies el 2 ihe. ~ ee 3 30 } Pearl top. | No.1 Sun, Ww rapped an d labeled 2 7 | No.2 4 70 | No.2 ieee : -4 70 La Bastie. | No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. .. | No. ey ' _ SEED ND— GRA MENTION THIS PAPER, W. H. MOREHOUSE & CO. WHOLESALE Grain, Clever Ciover, Choice 6 Orders for purchase or promptly attended to. Warehouses—325-327 Erie St. d Offce—46 Produce Exchange, 5 and Timothy, Red Top, Millet, Blue Grass, Orchard Grass, Popcorn, lover & Timothy Seeds a Specialty Seeds for future Correspondence solicited. DEALERS IN Ete, sale of Hungarian, Alfalfa or Lucerne, Lawn G W rass, TOLEDO, O. | delivery | per doz LAMP WICKS. {, per gross hite | No 2 | No. 3, as lett, per doa.........- . STONEW ARE—AERON. Butter Croc ks,1 and 2 gal oT 3 to gal » per doz Jugs, % gal. 1 ek ‘s a ae | Milk Pans, 4 gal., per doz. ab ek et n 7 O64, BESSSo5 A. 8S. LIVERMORE, Manufactur ince Meat and Jelly, GENESEE AVE., E. 5., - - rer of Litt SAGINAW, MICH. There ermore’s is now a great demand for Liv- Home Made Mince Meat. It has been sold and is being sold t« most all the best merchants of this State. has sent to different larg¢ He has sent to St. Paul am this season. He 100 tons last seaso1 celebrated besides tons he eities outside of this State. ear loads almost two already Minneapolis manufactured about and expects to sell 200 tons this season | He prides himself on the purity of hi: | goods. 14 WAITING FOR THE UPWARD MOVE- MENT. I fail to see, as yet, much evidence of the general upward movement in stocks for which the purchasers during the temporary spurt of last September have The conditions, only concede, but ever since been waiting. as I not have myself The abundant, and the prices of our breadstuffs and other food pointed out, are favorable to a rise, harvests have been products are high; money is easy, and to be had at low rates on good security; the railroads are doing an active business, and there is nothing in the financial situ- ation to alarm the most timid; yet specu- -lation seems to remain dull, and the public apathetic. There is a demand for good bonds, and a few special stocks have advanced from somewhat Europe, but buying. If 1 am right in the view that I take of it, this stock upon orders there is condition of the market goes to contirm it is to the mind constitution of the human facts that we should look for the explanation and the forecast of Motives that are all powerful with them at one time and not to material men’s actions. others, and different lines of conduct frequently follow ap- have no effect at parently identical causes. The reason is that the motives and the causes find vary- ing tempers upon which to exert them- selves. When men are hopeful and san- guine every favorable circumstance in- that When, on the contrary, they are despondent and ereases their enthusiam, and those are unfavorable are disregarded. depressed, they are insensible to encour- aging considerations and dwell only on the dark side of things. Between the two, also, there is a state of indifference, which, as at present, ment in any direction. It is the capacity for reading men’s minds and divining their moods that dis- prevents move- tinguishes the genius in stock specula- tion from the common operator, just as the capacity for perceiving the decisive moment of a battle and taking advantage of the enemy’s unreadiness marks the great general as routine superior to the mere The absence of leaders from the Stock Ex- at the present moment may, in- deed, indicate .that such exist, but it commander. conspicuous change leaders do not indicate that, in their judgment, the time for them to be- gin operations has not yet arrived. For want of their September may also assistance in then came, as I said it would, toa speedy end, and for the want of it now the halt- ing ‘here is, plainly, no ground for initiating a fall, because prices are as low as they ought to be, in view of all the facts, and that there is no the upward movement market is and uncertain. general rise is because all the movers for it are not yet ready. Much of the hesitancy of the stock- buying public, | am disposed to believe, is due to the recent revelations of fraud and rascality in the worid of finance and to their influence in deterring people from putting their money out of their own hands into those of the managers of | and the securing of a two-thirds vote of corporations. A certain amount of dis- honesty, more or less, is always to be ex- it is so smal! in proportion to their hon- esty that no account, practically, is taken of it. Lately, however, the instances in which men who have been trusted as incapable of doing wrong have shown | ard, which free silver coinage would no extensive | | , themselves 3 — amiss : | have been so frequent that it has alarmed H eymarn AL Cr l } ) pany ‘ | It is not probable THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. false to their obligations the timid and made the boldest pause. Edward M. Field’s re-hypothecation of securities hypothecated with him was bad enough; his selling them outright was worse, and now it appears that he has added forgery to his previous offences. that even other man in as good standing as he was is | one |equally base, but it is possible, and the | bare possibility of it is disheartening. | | property, embracing over 8,500 miles of | Ht The dissension among the Richmond | Terminal managers is also calculated to create uneasiness. Here is an enormous | | railroad, against which have been issued | | revival of |it finds my favorite theory that} | derived from good railroad investments, }number of millions of dollars in bonds, | Company, Sugar Refineries and the like | conservative minds. | sition from the gold to the silver stand- | | likely. pected from men everywhere, but usually | $75,000,000 of stock and an indefinite the value of which depends entirely upon its being managed in the most efficient manner. Yet upon the eve of a general business all over the country itself in financial straits, and with officers who do not agree in their views of the policy to be followed. One set propose to call upon the stockholders for pecuniary aid, and the other, with whom I confess I sympathize, assert that such aid is not indispensable. Assured- ly, if the past is any indication of the future, I should hesitate to intrust more money to directors who have brought the concern into its present condition. This, I say, however, without having mastered the whole problem. The affairs of the company are so complicated by its num- erous purchases of stocks, assumptions and guarantees of bonds, and leases of railroads and parts of railroads, that I should have to give them at least a week’s study under expert guidance before I could hope to understand them. I refer to the subject only by way of mentioning one of the dampers upon people’s cheer- fulness which restrains them ing stocks. When the industrial stocks, such as Lead, Cottonseed Oil, Distillers’ and Cat- tle Feeders’ Trust, National Cordage from buy- first began to be bought and sold in the market, I had great hopes that they would largely supplant railroad securities in public favor and furnish to investors who could afford to take a little risk, remunerative employment for their capi- tal. That these stocks remain so low in price as they do, relatively to the divi- dends they are paying, proves that their future is distrusted. Certainly, when no more than 5 per cent. per annum can be an industrial stock which divides 7, 8 and 10 per cent. ought not to sell below par. Standard Oil Trust, with only 12 per cent. dividends, sells at 160 and up- ward, and that the other stocks I speak of are relatively so far below it, is not flattering to the officers of the companies. The election of a Speaker of the House of Representatives who is known to be an advocate of the silver standard has revived the hopes of the partisans of silver and the fears of those of gold. | The President has given his word that he will veto any free silver coinage bill, eae Manufacturers of SHOW Cases Of Every Description. Hae WRITE FOR PRICES. First-Class Wark Only. GRAND RAPIDS CHERRYSTONE OYSTERS, } HE trade throughout the various towns adjacent to Grand Rapids are respectfully requested to bear in mind that if they order the ‘‘P. & B.”’ brand of Oysters they will get full measure and well filled cans of the FINEST CHERRY- STONE stock. We aim to cater to fine trade and realize that it ealls for FINE GOODS to meet the requirements. Goods put up bearing our “P. & B.’? trade mark are guaranteed A No. 1 and are sold at fair prices. We do not claim to meet scurrilous competition who advertise one thing and sell another, but will say that we will sell ‘‘Bay stock” as low as any competitor in the business, but we prefer to sell OYSTERS instead of JUICE. The express charges are as much vn one as on the other, so if stock must be watered, we advise you to buy solid meats and dilute at your own place. Buy the P. & B. brand and you will have the best in market. Handled by all the jobbers. THE PUTNAM CANDY CoO. W.H. WHITE & CO., Manufacturers of Hardwood Lumber, BOYNE CITY, MICH 163 and 65 Canal St. - ipo — j 4 gj | a Al i | | | (ore eA Aad ry ”Y CP ee eee ee Cm JUBINVILLE M ‘ GI Bi a: \ he 8 i | So \ RAs aT LAr i h Sy 1 waite acoc’ | Bs Y i i } 7 7 YY ’ - a eo A. OIE »y ¥Povne Falls } b)) ‘AF \ \ 7 7H AL Ll mt i 4 f hg 1 ( \V oo \3 N ‘ a. Sy \ r | | \ § 4 } EF .dordan eo , f 418 Arne: the House overriding his veto seems un- | Still, the renewal of the agita- tion of the subject is one of the things | that make thoughtful men pause, and their attitude has its influence upon less Logically, the tran- \ ~ wh 0 i | ‘ } Preauc é 7 a) a _ | io \Ad , We)? “ses = . oy | j ff Soe : : “ | | a c. | eas aT © ee wie HOra.. a; SouthArm Sfcal ~ Loe | | ee ee a | 4 Miles | + Traces man LD. / . v 4 We operate three mills with a capacity of 9,000,000 feet hardwood and 3,000,000 feet hemlock, as follows: Boyne City mill, 7,000,000; Boyne Falls mill, 3,000,009; Deer Lake mill, 2,000,000. Our facilities for shipment are unsurpassed, either by rail or water. me — establish immediately, and which the act of July 14, 1890, will, if unrepealed, bring about ultimately, should increase the prices of all merchandise and com- modities, and thus stimulate speculation; but most of the Wall street financial magnates are obstinately convinced that it will create a panic, and their appre- hension makes them cautious. Against these and other discourage- ments circumstances are silently and slowly producing a revival of confidence and of hope. The good harvests are telling on the dividends of railroad com- | panies. General trade is still suffering from the bad crops of 1889 and 1890, but the money which the farmers and the; planters are receiving for those of this last season cannot long be withheld by | If they use it in | paying their debts the creditors who | receive it must do something with it in | the way of reinvestment, and thus will! make new or increased employment for | industry. Capital from Europe is also | apparently flowing this way for invest- | them from circulation. ment, and imports of gold are strength- ening our moneyed institutions. The; increase of specie and of legal tenders | goes on steadily, and the banks of New York City have $31,000,000 more of them | than they had a year ago. Men who have money to lend are kicking up good securities as fast as they can, and, con- sequently, the prices of first-class bonds and stocks are firm, with a tendency to advance. or later extend to those of a lower grade and thus lift, or, at least, lighten the} burden of the bankers and of the institu- ‘ions which have been carrying them for che last year without finding purchasers. Already I notice advertisements bringing to public attention the merits of securi- ties which have been held back for a market favorable to their disposal, which indicates a belief that the propitious sea- son has arrived. It should not be for- gotten that two years ago, at the height of the speculative fever which ended with the Baring collapse, the rate of interest on long investments of the best class went down below 4 per cent. and the Government could not buy all of its | own bonds it asked for at much better} than 2 percent. In April, 1889, the city of New York sold to some of our leading trust companies a large issue of 2' per cent. bonds at par, and, by the way, although these same bonds can now be bought at a small discount, the Govern- ment 4s, for which they were taken in} exchange, have declined more than twice | Latterly, the rate of interest | as much. obtainable on long investments has been 5 per cent. or thereabouts, which seems to me too high to last. On the whole, the balance of proba- bilities is in favorof the early com- | mencement of the upward movement in | prices for which so many people have been waiting. Which securities will participate in it and to what extent, and which will be exceptions, is a matter for the exercise of individual judgment upon | the facts of each case. My readers must not forget, too, the familiar saying that nothing is so certain as the unforseen, and that unexpected events may, at this moment, be in preparation which will reverse all the conclusions drawn from those now known to us. MATTHEW MARSHALL, —-_>—-o- <> —____—_ Britton—Osgood Bros. have sold their hardware stock to Haight & Collins. This movement must sooner} THE MICHIGAN TRADESMA N. BOY NO LONGER. Youth. The conversation turned upon early struggles in life. All of them had had hard times but each had managed to start a bank aecount in his first days of earn- ing money, and to add to it from time to time. ‘‘And the only time in my life,’ said one of them, ‘‘that [ had money and yet} did not have it, was when I had worked long enough and hard enough to feel that I was justified in making what to me was considerable of an investment. Years before this | had begun a modest little} account in the —— Savings Bank. When | 1 first made my deposits they were not | big, and they were not frequent, but I kept on making them month by month, and year by year, and in time they began to count for something. “I had never allowed myself the lux- ury of withdrawing a single cent from that bank, not even when | felt that it | would be one the keenest pleasures in the world to swagger up and draw from a big bank some of my own money and spend it. [had reached the limit which | had set for myself in that bank, and I was perfectly | ° | content to let my money remain there. | | open a store of my own. I looked over ceased to deposit there. “But the time came when | decided to eash, and found that I should have to go I hated to do Butl marched down and _ pre- | all my assets, got ready to turn them into | | to my first savings bank. lit then. sented myself at the window. I hadn’t | been there for a long time. I had grown jup. Lhad added to my face a beard, and l was as far from being the boy who had be. The first thing I was asked to do was to write my signature. I wrote it as years, with a slap-dash rush. ‘The teller looked at me scrutinizingly, and then asked me to write it again. _ | dashed off another. He went off a second | time and came back with a little deprecat- ing smile. ‘* *The signatures are not the same,’ h said. | ‘* ‘But great Scott! I’m the same,’ | said. ‘* ‘But how do I know that?’ he said, with his provoking smile. ~ — ** *You don’t expect, do you,’ money and wanted it quickly, ‘that Id first deposit?’ ** ‘No,’ he said still smiling. L said ecurtly. | away, and I’d like it right away.’ when his signature does not agree with the one we have.’ *s ‘What in the worldam I to do?’ I | said. ‘*You will have to be identified.’ ‘* ‘But I haven’t time.’ ‘© *You will have to make it or else sign like your old signature—your old one,’’’ he added with a smile, ‘is a good | deal better than the one you write now.’ ‘“‘But 1 had to hurry out and find some | one who could identify me before I could | |draw the money which I myself had | | deposited. When I had drawn it my Unable to Draw the Savings of His! formerly been there as a man well could | [ had learned to write it in the recent |} “Belt Bnts & Asta Saks, © Whitcomb & Paine’s Calf Boots. L jerk- | ed out impatiently, for I wanted that} write the same hand now as I did when} I was fourteen years old, and made my | ‘¢*Well, I’m in a hurry for that money,’ | ‘ve got to use it right | ‘¢ ‘I’m very sure,’ he said, ‘that you are | | the man, from the story you tell, but how | |do I know it? 1 can’t let a man have, money when [| do not know him, ‘and | boyish signature was shown to me. It was GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. | round and clear, but alittle trembling and | — when I looked at it for the first time in a good many years, a rush of memories 'eame over me and I reealled how 1 had felt on the first day that I had ever gone into a bank to open an account for my self.” —— > —- Mrs. Mary Kyle Dallas, so long and so favorably known to THe TRADESMAN’S Is Absolutely Pure and itis Soluble. Unlike the «Dutch Process "\ No atkatlies o1 [other chemical: ov dyes are usec in its manufac: - £Ure. readers as a writer of bright stories, is a genial woman of agreeable manners, a { . amous pedestrain and belongs to a fami- f ly every member of which paints. writes, acts or edits. She is now engaged in writing an American play, and also is eallaborating a novel with Mme. Mathil- ide Estoan. i om Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons. A description of the chocolate lant, and of the various cocoa anc hocolate preparations manufac- ured by Walter Baker & Co., wil e sent free to'any dealer or ipplication. 'Y. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass STANTON, MOREY & €0,, Barnett Bros. Commission Merchants | AND DEALERS IN Apples, . ; DETROIT, MICH. Dried Fruits, —— MANUFACTURERS OF ——— Onions. | PENINSULAR St a Twenty-five years’ experience and ample facilities for the transaction of business. | Refer by permission to the editor of this paper. Write for information which will be cheerfully furnished. and if it RIPS return it to the merchant that it BARNETT BRE S. | was purchased of and get a new one. 159 So. Water St., Chicago. Pants, Shirts, and Overalls. Every garment made by us strictly on honor Our line of shirts for 1892 is second to none in America. | | | | | | | | | | | G. R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids, Mich., JOBBER OF Wales Goodyear RUbvers, Woonsocket Rubbers, aug a HNail SD tatty THIS IS WHAT EVERY SUCCESSFUL PER- SON|MUST DO. IT IS THE CONDITION OF CONDITIONS. » Industrial School of Bu i to the ore and and ty bus ness furnishes iry course in ‘ pe-writing, pen- anship, business correspondence, Write for a copy of Useful Education, and see why this school is worth your special considera tion. Address, W.N. FERRIS, sig Rapids, Mich. Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for Resta Write for Prices. Gught to Send At Once For Sample Sheet and Prices, Of Ledgers and Journals bound with | Philad: Iphia Pat. Flat openin back. | The Strongest Blank Book Ever Made, 158 & 160 Fulton *t.,,Grand Rapids. CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS ——OR PAMPHLETS | For the best work, at reasonable prices, address | THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. } , maa «wie Baarcpree Bape oe ENR anes ort alba Gok is THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Annual Meeting of the M. C. T. A. The eighteenth annual meeting of the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Asso- ciation was held at Detroit last Thurs- day, about fifty members being present. President Kelly called the meeting to order and congratulated the members on the gratifying showing of the past year and the bright prospects for the future. Joseph T. Lowry, of the board of trus- tees, read his report, and also a number of letters from leading commercial houses, commending the Association for its promptness in the payment of deat! claims. John A. Murray’sreserve fund report showed a balance of $10,000 to the credit of that fund. The report showed the date, 5 1891. 3 Matthews Member ship to ot oecretary membership for tf ipts for the year, $23, 346.50. disbursem genera! reserve 510.000: tota A letter f » World’s Fair Tray- as read, inviting the 1 to join them in their efforts te secure a congress of the f the world at the Colum- hi in 1893. The the congress are a commercial travel- | ers’ week during the fair: the entertain- plans of raveling men by thren, and a grand tendance. rhe idea is to make this congress a feature of the world’s fair, and it was estimated that $50,000 would be rex 4d to meet the necessary expenses At the afternoon session, nearly 100 members were pre when the elec- |! tion of officers was } l, with the follow- | ing resu! President—Hon. Hazen S. Pingree. Viee-Presidents — Detroit: Frank E. Chase, Grand Rapids: | Samuel L. Champlain, Ypsilanti: J. L. | A. G. Ellis, inaw. Jas. T. Lowry and Samuel >; lek ¥ Rindskoff, Root, Vassar: Board of Tr Thos. Macleod. Trustess of R Lean and D. D. Cady. Mayor Pingree was in the meantime informed of to the hall. d—John Me- ili on and brought in- i and] made a short he course of | which he said he had nha commer- } cial traveler for twenty years, and was | sorry when r active duty twenty years of shoes to the value of he though — ** said he, ilv greeter he was forced to retire from the During hi he had sol », 000,000, + which good work for one | to-day,” } our shoe business, | due to travelin me! there happens to | ness we know t fauit, the short from the mai tinued, ‘‘ and | talk to him, and | ! 1 htened and edified, for the traveling man is always well posted on every subijec and he is the best student of human nature on eart thanked the Asso- ciation f ‘conveyed upon him, orm the duties to The comm pointed to li ter reported in full Sympathy with and rec- ommended fair Commercial eorge L. Samp- *, George H. Sey- Control of th Travelers’ son of Detro mour of G1 tapids. For members of é and means committee, J. Ailes, of Detroit; Sinclair. samuel! were given power to act with the mittees of Asso t with instr gan body ir until the n A vote « hanks t retiring President for ths so cheerfully 1 ‘red to the i services he had 3 endered. One member started a storm by intro- ducing a resolution which would put the Association on record as in favor of keeping the world’s fair open on Sunday; | | B. W. Barna a contrary resolution was immediately | Grand Rapids & Indiana. offered, and both were finally laid on the | Schedule in effect December 13, 1891. table. TRAINS GOING NORTH. The meeting then adjourned. ~~ er es For Saginaw and Cadillac...... 5:15 am 7:05 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am 11:30 a m = . . For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 2:00pm 4:15 pm Blackmailers in Limbo. | For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10pm 10:30 pm From Kalamazoo and Chicago. 8:35 pm Train arriving at 9:20 daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. The examination of Meloche Bros., the Belding druggists, charged with selling at cs cos apes Arrive from Leave going North t liquor as a beverage, resulted in the dis- eet tharce of 2 Tac > ee | CNN ee ea 6:20am 7:00 am charge of the respond¢ nts. It appears For Kalamazoo and oe 10:30 am the OV an Ne ‘ is | For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm that two young men named John Curtis Por Cinemas... 5:30 p m 6:00 pm rn Ts) Teirs have . va i For Chicago.... ove 10:29 DP m. 11:05 p m and Will Weirs have been engaged in ane. ite hreatning druggi . 7 alers threatning druggists and other dealers | alll athar Godan dally exouge Senting unless their silence as to facts they alleg- | Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. ed to be in their possession was purchas- For Muskegon— Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive. ed. Adam Hehl, of Miriam, claimed 7:00 a m 10:10am 8 : " i } 11:25 am 4:40 pm they extorted $5 from him and both are 5:35 pm 9:05 pm Ow der arres Sh cies eee now under arrest on the serious charge SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. | NORTH : | 11:30 a m train.—Parlor chair car @’d | Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:30 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. . i " 0:3 m in.—Wagner Parlor Car Advertisements will be inserted under this head for ie te te eae & two cents a word the first insertion and one centa 6:00 m train.— Wagner Sleeping Car word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. ent taken for less th 25 ¢ 8s. Adv se yment, * , : ment taken for 1 than 25 cent Advance payment 11;05 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R. Le_ri1PAN Gb uw Bot oil Lwo” TT | Lv Grand Rapids 10:30 a m 2:09pm 11:05 p m E—CLEAN GRUCERY STOCK, LO- Arr Chicago 3:55pm 9:00pm 6:50am 10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:05 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. of levying blackmail. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. POI eee PPP ADO BUSINESS CHANCES. Trade well established. Rent und fixtures will inventory about | Lv Chicago 7:05am 3:10pm 10:10pm d reasons for selling. Theré is $500 | ATT Grand Rapids 2.00pm 8 35pm 5:15 am the purchase for buyer. Address No. 361, | » Michigan Tradesman. 361 NOR SALE—FIRSL£-CLASS | GROCERY BUS-| Through tickets and full information can be had by iness in the best town of 5,000 inhabitants calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- Northern Michigan. The purchaser can have | tion, or George a Union Ticket Agent, 67 trade of $30,000 a vear at the star N y Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. st as hema Sruspaetn, Shie 4c cee General Passen - rier nae f a life time. Address No. 363, eare ee id : Tradesman. 363 pm SE se NN 3:10 pm through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Our Complete Fall Line of SITUATIONS WANTED. SITUATION BY REGISTERED cist, six years’ experience. Can W Phar ‘ ifferent languages spoken. Address Jno. auscher, 434 Minnesota street. St Paul, Minn. 365 Ws! ED—SITUATION AS BOOK-KEEPER BY A married man Who can give the best of refer- a lish very best of reference. Address Phar- macist F, Hart, Mich., Box 55. 360 | \ J ANTED—SITUATION AS MANAGER IN j general merchandise establishment. Fif- teen Ars’ experience. Best of references. Sev- 1ces. Address No. 305, care Michigan Tradesman, rand Rapids. 305 \ /ANTED— SITUATION BY A REGIS- tered pharm: of thirteen years exper nce. Address “rugs,” care Michigan Trades- 368 MISCELLANEOUS. Will be ready September 10th. It will pay ‘ — ——___________+_+_=s {| every merchant handling this line of goods Y - s “ABOUT 100 POUNDS OF NON-| to examine our samples. parei i ind leaders. Just the thing for a MICH. 1a pe, well assorted as to figures, paper for use in tax les and general EATON LYON & CO, Laid in two cases. Will sell for 25 cents ’ ’ It i $1 per pair for cases. Tradesman 20 & 22 Monroe St., ind Rapids, Mich. 359 F YOU HAVE ANY PROPERTY TO EXCHANGE FoR | GRAND RAPIDS, - - a residence brick block in Grand Rapids, address 35 A len stre et, Grand Rapids, Mich. 3: ‘ SALE—TWO HUNDRED ACRES LAND (160 IM. roved), located in the fruit belt of Oceana coun- H Mi REYNOLDS & SON ic Land fitted for machinery, good fences, ‘ ‘ j ‘b roof barn with underground for stock, nd other nece ary farm buildings. New Tar and G ravel Roofers, arse water for oe and barns. Eight- : © bearing orchard, also 1,000 peach trees, > ‘ " > Tp i id, looking thrifty. Price, $35 per more, or And deale oe Tarred — oe, e for stock of dry goods. If any difference | Pitch, Coal Tar, Asphaltum, Rosin, inera “ A. Retan, Little Rock, Ark. 341 Wool, Ete. jy JANTEV—AN EXPERIENCED LADY DRY Corner Louis and Campau Sts., x <—one with some knowledge of 5 fancy goods preferred. Address GRAND RAPIDS. xperience and giving references, ‘Dry sare Michigan Tradesman. 362 " 4 . BOOT AND SHOESTOORK, SUIT- > for the trade of a country town. Must x spot cash. J. M. Fowler & Co., 5 y 367 ii RY STOCK BY PARTIES WHOLESALE vhe pay cash down. Must be dirt Address No. 343, care Michigan Trades- Se" | Dry Goods. Carpets & Cloaks, LE- HEAP ENOUGH FOR AN IN : stment Corner t Jini ibe and 5-room house on tte St., cellar, brick foundation, in kitchen. $1,200. Terms to suit. 187. care Michigan Tradesman. 187 LE — BEST RESIDENCE LOT IN ipids, Ox175 feet, beautifully shad ive oaks, situated in We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts & Live Geese Feathers. maf Will sell for $2,500 cash, or part cash, pay nts tosuit. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 354 ANTED tGISTERED PHARMACIS familiar with general store preferred. 3 ence and salary expected. Address W. C. Weed, New Buf », Mich. 366 K MR SALE— GOOD DIVIDEND - PAYING stocks in banking, manufacturing and mer- le companies. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St., id Rapids 370 ie RENT —BEST LOCATED STORE IN the city for dry goods or furnishing stock, on South Division St. O. F. Conklin, 26 Madi- son avenue, Grand Rapids. 369 Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co, 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St. GRAND RAPIDS, “ . MICH. Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily; | a fect from e-eciric street car |OV@PAllS of ovr own Manufacture, MIGH IGAN ( VENTRAL HC SEER URIS, ** The Niagara Falls Route.” DEPART. ARRIVE eee, 7:00am 10:00pm PE ce ci “s oo 4:30 pm ee BEPC 6 ences *Atlantic & Pacific Express. . 10:30pm 6:00am New = os a 5:40pm 12:40pm *Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Elegant parlor cars leave Grand Rapids on Detroit Express at 7 a.m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 p. m. arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m. FRED M. Briees, Gen’! Agent, 8 Monroe St. A. ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Go, W. MuNsoN, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. RuG@LES G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago. TIME TABLE NOW IN EFFECT. DETROIT eer MILWAUKEE RAILWAY EASTWARD, Trains Leave |+No. 14/+No. 16|tNo. 18|*No. 82 | G’d Rapids, Lv} 6 50am/1° 20am, 3 25pm/10 55pm ron... Ae 45am/11 25am) 4 27pm /12 37am St. Johns ...Ar| § 28am/12 17pm) 5 20pm)! 1 55am Owosso ..... Ar} 903am| 120pm) 6 ¢5pm! 3 15am E. Saginaw..Ar|10 45am| 3i5pm! 8 Opm| 8.45am I -.-Ar}11 30am} 345pm) 8 45pm) 7.:0am a Ar|10 05am} 3 40pm) 7 (5pm! 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar})i 55am} 6 00pm) 8 50pm} 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar/10 58am] 305pm! 8 25pm} 5 37am Detrow.......Ar|il soam| 405pm)| 925pm! 7 00am WESTWARD, ‘Trains Leave —_||*No. 81 |tNo. 11 | o. 13 G’d Rapids, Lv........|| 7 05am} 1 00pm] 5 10pm G’d Haven, Ar........|| 8 35am/ 2 10pm| 6 15pm Miwkeesay * _..._./|] i a Chicago Ste. “* ... . ie *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a, m., 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 9:50 p. m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No.18 Chair Car. No. s2 Wagner Sleeper. Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar, Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. BEN FLetcHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. CHICAGO xeNabonieses & WEST MICHIGAN RY. DEPART FOR NOV. 15, 1891. A. M1 Pe. we | Pr. x. | P.M. | | | caw... 9:00] 12:05) #11235] ...... Poeimeeapors.... .... i......) eeeanl Benton Harbor........ oe women. areverse City. ....... Muskepon..:..... i Manes .......... Ludington . Big Rapids.. | 12:05)#11 235]... *Daily. §Except Saturday. only. me (0) A. M. has through chair car to Chica- we go. No extra charge for seats. 12:05 P. M. runs through to Chicago solid aided with Wagner buffet car; sea s 50 cts. P. M. has through free chair car to 5:17 Manistee, via M. & N. E. R. R. 1 1 e2P P.M. is solid train with Wagner pal- eee) ace sleeping car through to Chicago. DETROIT, . Lansing & Northern R R DEPART FOR 1, A. m, NOV. 15, 1891. ?.m. | 2. m. 1 | | i i oe... | 7:15) *1:00) 5:45 oe 7:15) : PEON scl. 7:15) ee. 7:15) Se ne 7:0 Se 7 ceiuaw Cay. ow... 73 7:16 A. M. runs through to Detroit with par- ied lor car; seats 25 cents, 1:0 P.M. Has through Parlor car to De- ° troit. Seats, 25 cents. en "AD P. M. runs through to Detroit with par te) lor car, seats 25 cents. 7:05 A. M. has parlor car to Saginaw, seats é . 9) 25 cents. For tickets and information apply at Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, or Union station. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Agt. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e offers a route making the best time betwe Grand Rapids and Toledo. VIA D., L. & N. Ly. Grand Rapids at..... 7:25 a, m. and 6:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo at ...... ....1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m. VIA D., G. H. & M. Ly. Grand Rapids at..... 6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m. ar OGG AE... ...... 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p, m, Return connections equally as good. W. H. Bennett, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. —_— ol sree PRESIDENT LINCOLN. SAID “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the: people some of the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” The Tradesman Conpon Book is what the people will have after having been fooled once or twice into using something said to be just as good. % a See Menday’s and Satarday’s Detroit Evening News fer further Particulars. $100 GIVEN AWAY Te the Smokers of the PRINCE RUDOLPH CIGARS. Te the person guessing the nearest to the number of Imps that will appear in a series of cuts in the Evening News, cuts ee to exceed 100, ist Cash Prize, ; 2d, $25; Bd. 15; 4th, $10. Guess slips to be — with every 2c. worth of PRINCE RU DOL PH ( on &« nd Tea where Up to date there has been published @Wcuts, «ith at 303 Impa MANUFACTURER BY ALN. GORDPON, Detroit, RR .O=.WS SS ~~ e SSS Adionm. DANIEL LYNCH, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wholesale Agt. Ws Ba OAUAML AY, Se Lad om SS mee SS = - as Aus ‘Bolts Wanted! I want 500 to 1,000 eords of Poptar Excel- sior Bolts, 18, 36 [ also want Be above. Po * particule rddres J. W. FOX, Grand ean Mich. and 54 imches long swood Bolts, same lengths RINDGE, BERTSCH & CO. Manufacturers of Boots & Shoes. Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co Send us your mail | orders and we will try and fi li them to eae the new line of Sa SS Storm Slips in cotton and wool lined for i ladies ; als othe Northwest or Hurons and Trojans Tht: VERY LATEST! Good as the Best and Five Times Cheaper. THE “SIMPLEX” | Price, $35.00 Simple and’ Durable ! Warranted Ten Years. PERKINS & RICHMOND, 13 Fouvntain 8t., Grand Rapids. Grand Ranids Storage & Transfer Co, sim | Gamer Warghovsemen and Yransfer Agents, satis fac tion. We dave | | | Dealers and Jobbers in Mowers, Binders Twine, Roll Edge | line of lun abe ‘rman’s in |} Telephone No. 945. Winter St, between Shawmut Ave. and W. Fulton st, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COLD STORAGE FOR BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE, FRUITS, AND ALL KINDS OF PERISHABLES. Threshers, En- gines, Straw Stackers, Drills, Rakes, Tedders, Cultivators, Plows, Pumps, Carts, Wagons, Buggies, Wind Mills and Machine and Plow repairs, Ete. J. Y. F. BLAKE, Sup’t. alla IF YOU WANT ae seh EPT NONE BU’ yi =e Sauerkraut. Order this Brand from Your Wholesale Grocer! Wait for our agent to call on you, before placing your order for Best Akron Stoneware as there is a great advantage to be gained by ordering early to secure carload rates, by so doing you can get the ware delivered to your railroad station, free of freight and breakage. Our terms,60 DAYS TIME from date of delivery, on ap- proved orders, or 2 per cent. discount for cash. You will need the ware soon. Buy it right and save money by getting the lowest rates from De } r Crocks. tg to 6 gallons. gal. each. Butte Sizes from Meat Tubs. Sizes 8, 10, 12, 15 and 20 gallons. Covers only for same counts 1 Round Bottom Milk Pans. 1g, 1 and 14, gallon. Flat Bottom Milk Pans. 1g, 1 and 14 gallons. Sizes Sizes Common Jugs. Sizes 1¢ to 5 gallon. Churns and Covers. Covers count 1 gallon each. Sizes from 3 to 8 gallons. H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids. we Preserve Jars and Covers. Sizes 14, 1, 13 g and 2 gallons. LULLUY cre PAT. MAR. ¥6. 1880. Stew Pans with Bails. ‘Sizes 1¢ and 1 gallon. Tomato Jugs. Sizes 4 and 1 gallon. Write for quotations and we will have one of our representatives call upon you as soon as possible? and make rock bottom figures for your town or at your nearest station. live Pay the Freight!